August 6, 2013

Gold-diamond combo let scientists control temperature of cells

New method combines minuscule diamonds, typically found in quantum computers, with gold fragments.

August 6, 2013

One gold miner saw 30% profit boost this quarter

Record profit of A$28.3 million.

August 5, 2013

Financing for miners drops 56 percent in Q2 2013

Producers lost 65%, juniors 28%.

August 5, 2013

2013 survey of Canadian mine salaries

This time we look at the annual salaries (in thousands of Canadian $) for mainly engineering types in Canadian mines. 

August 5, 2013

Desperate times: Out-of-work miner offers rum for job

Job mining losses in Australia taking their toll.

August 4, 2013

Why thieves will be disappointed stealing diamonds from research labs

The tiny imperfections don't really matter to scientists.

August 1, 2013

A Canadian economic powerhouse

Of the world’s public mining companies, 58% are listed in Canada.

July 30, 2013

Rio’s multi-million-dollar Argyle pink diamonds hit Tokyo

The Argyle Phoenix, the main attraction of the 2013 collection, may fetch over $2.5 million.

July 27, 2013

Victor Mine’s biggest diamond

"Could it be worth a million dollars? Yeah, it could."

July 26, 2013

De Beers adds some sparkle to reporting season: production up, sales of $3.3bn

World's top diamond producer expects the global polished diamond market to grow more than 2% this year driven by improving US demand.