August 27, 2015

Canadian diamond cutter to work on Esperanza gemstone

A Saskatchewan craftsman is preparing to cut "Esperanza," one of the finest diamonds ever unearthed in Arkansas.

August 26, 2015

Jim Rogers: Commodity bull market hasn’t gone away

Commodity investing legend says the Chinese market is on its way to "finding a good bottom."

August 25, 2015

How companies can avoid human trafficking in their supply chain

When companies have thousands or tens of thousands of suppliers how do they stay compliant while maintaining their profit margins? Avoid what happened to Costco in five steps.

August 25, 2015

Canada, Australia, US, Chile and Mexico, the top destinations for mining investors

Despite current adverse conditions, advisory firm Behre Dolbear is recommending mining stakeholders to focus on markets that have been able to ride the wave relatively well so far.

August 23, 2015

Mining private equity is being fundamentally transformed

Appian Capital founder Michael Scherb: "You're now seeing the same changes in mining that happened in oil and gas which is now heavily supported by PE"

August 21, 2015

Alrosa subsidiary company will supply the equipment for MMC Norilsk Nickel

Bourevestnik, Inc. has won the tender of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel for the supply of 5 X-ray slurry analyzers for Talnah concentrating mill.

August 21, 2015

New variety of hard-to-find mineral discovered in England

The last time a vein of Blue John Stone, a legendary semi-precious mineral, was discovered was in the in the XIX century.

August 21, 2015

Small, ancient diamonds reveal seawater key for precious gems formation

Scientists from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K believe ancient sea water helped to the formation of diamonds hundreds of kilometres underground.

August 18, 2015

Lucara’s on a roll: three new diamonds recovered at Botswana mine

Since the recovery of the first large diamond from Karowe in 2013, the firm has found 216 gems at the site.

August 17, 2015

Yuan dips, diamond demand rises

At the end of last year, China became the world’s second largest diamond consuming market. More Chinese people not only buy diamonds as a luxury, but also hold them as…