January 2, 2012 U.S. conflict mineral crackdown backfiring in the DRC – UN According to a United Nations report, a U.S. attempt to halt the sale of so-called "conflict minerals" has actually pushed trade deeper into the hands of criminals.
January 1, 2012 Natural disasters, gold price among Top Mining Stories of 2011 2011 will go down as the year when the wind fell out of the sails of economic recovery and serious storm clouds gathered on the horizon.
January 1, 2012 IDEX Online Research: Diamonds Are Specialty Jewelers’ Most Important Category Diamond jewelry represents by far the most important product category for American retail jewelers, according to newly released data from the Census Bureau’s Economic Census.
December 29, 2011 Zimbabweans displaced from diamond mines left empty-handed They used to live on one of the world's richest diamond fields but now thousands of Zimbabweans await compensation after they had to make way for state-linked mining companies this…
December 29, 2011 Japan’s preference for higher value diamonds continues After the pre-holiday season restocking phase in September and October, Japan’s polished diamond imports eased to $62.1 million in November.
December 28, 2011 Diamond prices to rise over four years Diamond prices are poised to rise for the next four years, outpacing gold, as increased spending on luxury goods in China, India and the Middle East outpaces supplies of the…
December 28, 2011 Stornoway Announces Filing of the Renard Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY.TO - News) is pleased to announce the completion and filing of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Renard Diamond Project located in North…
December 28, 2011 Safe with diamonds stolen from polishing plant Investigators have been left baffled about one of the oddest thefts in diamond history following the theft of a small safe from inside a larger safe, with no signs of…
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
