August 24, 2012 Conflict Minerals: How the SEC requirements will affect mining companies The SEC won’t require mining companies to disclose whether they mined tin and gold in African conflict countries, in a long-awaited ruling released this week. However, manufacturers will have to…
August 24, 2012 Analyst downgrades Harry Winston on lower production forecasts at diamond mine A revised life-of-mine plan at Harry Winston Diamond Corp’s Northern Diavik diamond mine has taken some of the shine off the company’s stock.
August 23, 2012 Canada shrinks National Park plans to leave room for mining Canada’s federal government opened a can of worms Wednesday after announcing that a national park, to be created in the North of the country, will be smaller to make room…
August 22, 2012 Meet the Israeli middleman said to have ‘stripped and flipped’ First Quantum’s DRC mine Gertler, 38, used his relationship with DRC president Joseph Kabila and Kabila's now late adviser Augustin Katumba Mwanke to bag mining projects "by stripping from others if necessary, only to sell…
August 21, 2012 Two massive diamonds in Angola dazzle investors and brighten up local industry The Australian diamond company Lonrho Mining dazzled investors Tuesday as the company confirmed the finding of two huge diamonds from the Lulo project, in northeastern Angola.
August 20, 2012 Ghana’s diamond output falls 33% losing $2.7m revenue in 2012 half-year Production of diamond in Ghana fell by a significant 33% during the first-half year of 2012, according to a report by the Ghana Chamber of Mines released August 17, 2012.
August 20, 2012 Harry Winston sets Diavik mine’s value at $2.6 billion Toronto-based jeweller Harry Winston Diamond, which is looking to become the sole owner of Rio Tinto’s Diavik Mine, in Canada's Northwest Territories, said the mine has another 11 years to…
August 19, 2012 Alrosa’s move may ‘rescue’ Indian diamond sector Alrosa announced this week that it sold rough diamonds to the Russian state gem repository Gokhran for the first time in three years.
August 18, 2012 Angola’s diamond company partners up with six companies to explore concessions Angola's state-run diamond company Endiama has partnered with six other firms in order to explore a mining concession in the regions of Lunda Norte and Sul.
August 17, 2012 Anglo American completes acquisition of De Beers Anglo American (LON:AAL) has completed its acquisition of a 40% stake in the De Beers Group from the Oppenheimer family, which has had a major ownership stake in the diamond…
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