April 3, 2012 Miners have fun on April Fools There were news reports on April 1 about a Charlize Theron sex tape and WestJet kid-free flights that all turned out—unfortunately—not to be true.
April 3, 2012 Rockwell to terminate US share registration, stays on TSX, JSE Rockwell said many factors played a role, including the low liquidity of the stock on the OTC Bulletin Board, the cost associated with preparing and filing periodic reports and the…
April 2, 2012 Rare 12-carat round pink diamond could fetch $10 million at auction It is one of only two known round pink diamonds of significant size in the world, the auction house said.
April 2, 2012 De Beers names Tiffany among 75 buyers Sales of rough diamonds by DTC rose to $6.5 billion last year from $5.1 billion in 2010.
April 2, 2012 Rapaport’s small diamond index up 14% Record high prices were achieved in specific categories, with strong demand from US and Indian buyers supporting sales
April 1, 2012 Anglo-American building new Namibia diamond mine Namdeb, which plans to produce 600,000 carats in 2012, expects the new mine to produce 45,000 carats a year.
March 29, 2012 ‘One project, one review, completed in a clearly defined time period’: Excerpt from Budget 2012 The Canadian government announced major changes to the way projects are approved during the 2012 budget speech.
March 29, 2012 The Oppenheimers and De Beers are no more. Here’s a 30-year old article that predicted the cartel’s undoing "An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign."
March 29, 2012 World’s largest money manager losing confidence in BHP Billiton "They need to clearly indicate to the market what their strategy around Olympic Dam is, around shale gas, all of these things, to return confidence that they're not spending huge…
March 28, 2012 Marriage of spun-out diamond assets may be best for Rio, BHP With Rio Tinto broadcasting that it is joining bigger rival BHP Billiton in considering selling its diamond businesses, analysts said on Tuesday the diversified giants might rather combine the assets…
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
