March 31, 2016 Kimberley Process Chair visits De Beers to discuss industry matters KP Chair, Ahmed Bin Sulayem was hosted by Philippe Mellier, Chief Executive Officer of DeBeers at their Charterhouse Street Headquarters in London on 24 March.
March 30, 2016 Diamond miner halted after digging on ancient archaeological site A DIAMOND mining company has until April 8 to challenge an interdict against it for mining in an archaeological site that goes back 3.2-million years.
March 30, 2016 Diamond dedicated to mothers of Russia Company President Andrey Zharkov signed an order to give to the fact of a gem-quality diamond extraction the name Mothers of Russia.
March 30, 2016 This is the 68-carat diamond Lucapa just found at its Lulo mine in Angola The 68.1-carat gem-quality diamond is one eight 'significant' rocks found from trial mining at a new area of the Lulo concession.
March 30, 2016 Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.
March 29, 2016 Another world-class diamond discovery? Now we’re about to see if geologist Buddy Doyle amassed enough geological savoir faire to pull off a masterstroke in the sunset of his 30-year-plus career.
March 28, 2016 Vancouver co in $30m deal to restart Botswana diamond mine Tango Mining will use loan from Vanderbilt Commercial to acquire BK11 kimberlite mine and restart operations.
March 25, 2016 Exclusive Argyle pink diamond jewellery showcased to the Japanese bridal market Rio sells around 30% of its Argyle pink diamonds into Japan.
March 24, 2016 ALROSA opens a branch in Russia’s far East ALROSA Supervisory Board approved the decision to open a branch in Vladivostok. It is the first step on the way to creating Russian Diamond Centre in the Primorye Territory.
March 24, 2016 Petra Diamonds just sold this ‘exceptional pink’ gem for $15m The 32.33-carats diamond was recovered in November from the firm’s Williamson mine in Tanzania.
First Quantum to sell Spanish mine for $190M Global Panduro, an entity controlled by US private equity Resource Capital Funds, will acquire the past-producing Las Cruces copper mine. December 24, 2025 | 07:28 am