June 4, 2012 U.S. grants Zimbabwe officials visas for blood diamond meet despite rights concerns, sanctions The Obama administration has granted visas to two senior officials from Zimbabwe to attend a meeting of an international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds,…
June 4, 2012 Kimberley Process is a means to sustainable development, says WDC President to KP Intercessional in Washington DC President of the World Diamond Council, Eli Izhakoff, opened the Intercessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process on Monday with a speech calling industry members to consider the Kimberly Process as…
June 4, 2012 Merit and mine cost over-runs run rampant In my email this past week was a missive from the news-editor of Mining.com. He passed on a letter sent to him for possible publication. I repeat the entire letter…
June 4, 2012 Labs to re-examine submission terms following detection of undisclosed lab-made diamonds A group of industry organizations convening in Las Vegas Sunday intends to tighten lab submission terms and improve transparency in the diamond industry.
June 3, 2012 A 35.60 carat diamond heads to the Tower of London It took six months to cut into shape and now it is on display today in the Tower of London to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, a fancy pink-brown…
June 2, 2012 Maybe that iPad would work better with a 24kt gold coating Since gold ETFs and Apple stock have been the financial stories of the decade, perhaps there was a need for a device that combines something from each.
May 31, 2012 Gold and GemStone Mining Inc. secures 50 additional acres of prime alluvial diamond and gold mining concessions in Sierra Leone old and GemStone Mining Inc. (OTCBB: GGSM), an alluvial gold and diamond exploration and development stage mining company focused on Sierra Leone, West Africa has today announced that its local…
May 31, 2012 Infographic: The world’s biggest heists from diamonds to art The creative department at ADT Home Security Services produced the following infographic, depicting some of the largest diamond, cash and art-related crimes around the world in recent times.
May 31, 2012 Gold producers, Indian cutters might fund Canada’s newest diamond mines With positive feasibility studies in hand, companies aim to start building at least three new diamond mines in Canada by the third-quarter of next year, at a combined cost of…
May 30, 2012 China slowdown watch: Graff Diamonds pulls IPO Graff Diamonds only received half the expected orders. Its announcement comes just one week after China Nonferrous Mining Corp pulled the planned listing of its Zambian copper assets in Hong…
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
