April 5, 2012 Investors looking for answers about Diavik dig a hole into Harry Winston stock Diavik is supposed to transform into an underground operation this year and Harry Winston's partner on the project, Rio Tinto, wants to exit diamond mining, but the luxury retailer could…
April 5, 2012 $25 admission nets couple 50.5 carat emerald at North Carolina mine ABC News reports that two amateur rockhounds, Libby and Kevin Barrieault, found a 50.5 carat emerald in North Carolina.
April 5, 2012 Zimbabwe ‘owns’ majority of all foreign mining companies Zimbabwe's Black Empowerment Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, announced today it has taken majority ownership of foreign-owned mining firms, which had not already given a controlling stake to black Zimbabweans.
April 5, 2012 Rio and BHP should team up: analysts Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton could have more success selling their diamond assets if they team up, according to analysts from Nomura.
April 5, 2012 Harry Winston Diamond Corporation reports fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and year-end results Consolidated sales increased 13% to $702.0 million for the year ended January 2012 compared to $624.0 million for the prior year. This resulted in operating profit of $56.5 million, compared…
April 4, 2012 ‘Shocking’ trade numbers have some Australians calling the end of the mining boom The commodity price cycle peaked in the third quarter of last year.
April 4, 2012 Sierra Leone diamond firm eyes IPO Could Sierra Leone, the African nation whose decade-long civil war funded by booty from diamond mines bore the term "blood diamonds," be going legit. when it comes to the mining…
April 4, 2012 Russia can’t be a potential market for polished diamond export Will the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) succeed in its endeavour of establishing Russia as a potential market for polished diamond export through the Indo-Russian buyers sellers meet…
April 3, 2012 Diamond News Digest has a new look and now out on Tuesdays If you’re reading this you’re looking at our brand new digest design. The look is cleaner for an improved mobile phone and […]
April 3, 2012 Botswana braces for De Beers relocation, diamond buying jet set The relocation of the mining giant's sales and marketing arm's headquarters to the Botswana capital could lead to around $6 billion flowing though the country’s banking system, compared to the…
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