February 17, 2016

Mining Indaba 2016 outcomes: Can the mining industry return to long term, sustainable growth?

With unstable markets, demand less easy to predict and commodities increasingly competitive on supply, the mining industry needs to evolve now more than ever.

February 17, 2016

Stellar Diamonds secures environmental approval for Sierra Leone project

The permit marks another key step in the process of moving towards development of the 1.45 million carat diamond resource in the West African country, said the company.

February 16, 2016

Stellar Diamonds Exports 3,341-carat diamond parcel from Baoulé Kimberlite in Guinea

This sale is part of an on-going trial mining evaluation of the Baoulé pipe in order to determine the diamond grade and value of the deposit.

February 16, 2016

These are the assets Anglo American is kicking to the curb

The miner is completely exiting coal and selling several assets, to focus only on copper, diamonds and platinum.

February 15, 2016

Lucapa finds 404 carat diamond in Angola

Australian company says extremely rare Type 2a D-colour stone is the biggest diamond ever found in Angola.

February 11, 2016

This is the 122-carat diamond Alrosa just found at its Jubilee pipe

The massive rock worth about $1.5 million.

February 9, 2016

ALROSA President pays a working visit to India

ALROSA’s management, headed by the President Andrey Zharkov, paid a working visit to Mumbai and Surat (India). The Company representatives visited the […]

February 9, 2016

World’s second-largest diamond ever found named ‘Our Light’

Canada's Lucara Diamond had launched a a competition to name the rock earlier this year.

February 9, 2016

Colombia bans mining in country’s vast moorlands

Mining in the area of the Andes mountains right above the continuous tree line had been prohibited since 2011, but concessions granted before such ban had continued to date.

February 8, 2016

Three-way claim between UK, India and Pakistan set for Koh-i-Noor diamond

Pakistani court agrees to hear claim for diamond from Crown Jewels, once the world’s largest known diamond.