September 24, 2014

New diamond nanothreads may let scientists build space elevator

Scientists have discovered how to produce ultra-thin diamond nanothreads, a sort of very strongnanotubes, which could prove to be stronger and hardier element currently available.

September 23, 2014

Rio Tinto celebrates Chow Tai Fook milestone with diamond masterpiece and new jewellery collection

Diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in Western Australia will be showcased across China in an unprecedented fashion from next month, headlined by a special white and champagne diamond encrusted…

September 23, 2014

Game theory in the rough diamond market – buy the box?

The mechanism to buy and sell rough diamonds is bizarre. Diamonds are sold in “boxes”, collections of diamonds with similar characteristics, where values ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million

September 22, 2014

ALROSA president resigns for health reasons

Vice-president becomes acting president.

September 18, 2014

Challenges abound for diamond industry, despite growing demand: De Beers

In its first ever public report on the state of the diamond industry, diamond miner and retailer De Beers paints a picture of an industry that will likely struggle to…

September 18, 2014

Diamond market grows to record $79 billion

But new report by De Beers cautions that declining production could see the industry lose ground to other categories.

September 17, 2014

Eric Coffin: can investors still find tenbaggers?

Coffin believes that in the short term a price of $1,200/oz is possible, though there is room now for an oversold bounce.

September 17, 2014

Breaking open the inside of a comet

Diamond, graphite and silicon carbide to name a few.

September 16, 2014

Kennady Diamonds announces $5M non-brokered private placement

Kennady Diamonds Inc. controls 100 percent of the Kennady North diamond project located immediately to the north, west and south of the Gahcho Kué diamond mine currently under development by…

September 14, 2014

$8bn mining private equity needs to be spent. And soon

Countercyclical investors sitting on $8 billion unspent funds have been waiting for clear signs of a market bottom. The wait may well be over.