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.
April 10, 2012 Three hit singles, a Grammy nomination and a diamond mine Alianue Thiam, a rising R&B singer in the U.S.A., is just another celebrity with a side business, although this side business happens […]
April 8, 2012 Russian diamond manufacturers criticize India Access to rough diamonds has always been an issue for diamond manufacturers, and the backdrop to much commercial and national strife. Last week this was exemplified when a Russian manufacturing…
April 6, 2012 The ‘lunar trajectory’ of Canadian mining investment The source of the surge in mining investment has been quite diverse, reflecting the widespread advance in prices. For 2012, gold leads the way with $3.6 billion of capital spending.…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
