March 3, 2015 De Beers diamond project adds sparkle to mining Last week, the firm announced operating profits had increased 36% to $1.4 billion.
March 3, 2015 Diamond thief gets 15 years in Paris heist A French court meted out a prison sentence of 15 years on Friday to a convicted drug trafficker considered the ringleader of a spectacular $100 million diamond heist at a…
March 2, 2015 Canadian miners the world’s top buyers of assets in 2014 Gold remains the most-targeted commodity by volume, according to EY’s latest report.
March 2, 2015 Poor market conditions put major chill on global exploration Global exploration spending dropped 26% in last year, compared with 2013, as several juniors threw in the towel and producing miners slammed the brakes on capital and exploration expenditure.
March 2, 2015 Alrosa sells bank, to focus exclusively on diamond mining The miner owned an 84.66% stake in LLC MAK-Bank.
February 18, 2015 SSEF inaugurates new state-of-the-art laboratory in Basel, enabling massive expansion of research, education and grading services The Swiss Gemmological Institute (SSEF), one of the world's most respected gem research, education and grading institutions, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art laboratory in Basel, more than doubling the size of…
February 17, 2015 Gem hunting with a diamond pioneer Our goal as junior resource investors is to identify mispriced assets and capitalize on the discrepancy.
February 13, 2015 VIDEO: drills turning at this Lundin-backed Canadian diamond explorer “Textbook really.”
February 13, 2015 The top diamond mines in the world The ten largest diamond mines in the world by measurable reserves contain more than one billion carats of recoverable diamonds.
February 9, 2015 ALROSA and IDE sign a memorandum of understanding The parties agreed to exchange information on polished diamond identification and grading, joint research toward new technologies for diamond cutting and polishing.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
