April 16, 2012

Continued growing demand for jewelry in Japan

Sales of precious metals, art and jewelry at Japan’s department stores have been on the rise in March, outpacing the growth of most other consumer categories.

April 16, 2012

The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights: Meet mining’s 40 richest billionaires

MINING.com counts more than 90 billionaires involved in minerals, metals and mining on the planet with a combined wealth of well over $300 billion.

April 15, 2012

Private equity firm KKR plans to create diamond giant from BHP, Rio units

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. wants to buy the diamond mining operations of BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto PLC and merge them to create a challenger…

April 15, 2012

8% drop in U.S. polished diamond imports

U.S. diamond traders and buyers imported less diamonds in February and increased their exports during the month. At the same time, the focus is shifting to higher value goods.

April 15, 2012

Botswana’s diamond exports soar in February

Botswana's diamond exports surged forward in February for the first time since October 2011. The country's polished and diamond exports of $306.5 million are a 181.2 percent increase over January's…

April 15, 2012

You’ll soon be able to choose from a bunch of diamond ETFs

A small number of investment professionals around the world are competing behind the scenes to turn the gem into a commodity that would be available to investors in the way…

April 13, 2012

FT: Mining becoming the ticket out of Sierra Leone’s poverty

The decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone brought two unforgettable images to the West: victims of violence whose limbs were hacked off by armed rebels as a warning to civilians;…

April 13, 2012

The last time South Africa’s mines produced this little the country was still ruled by the Queen of England

Output from the resources industry in the African nation is now the lowest since 1961, the year South Africa left the British Commonwealth and declared itself a republic

April 11, 2012

A pretty infographic to take on the Kimberley Process

MINING.com reported on how opponents and proponents of hydraulic fracturing were using videos and infographics to argue their case. Now a London jeweler, Ingle and Rhode, is taking on the…

April 10, 2012

Reports of Mugabe’s death are greatly exaggerated

Widely circulated reports that the 88-year old were fighting for his life in a Singapore hospital were deemed to be "lies meant to destabilise Zimbabwe," according to a spokesman.