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…

December 25, 2011

Lazare Kaplan Sues Antwerp Diamond Bank

December 25, 2011

Mir mine in Yakutia: largest open pit diamond mine in world

Mirny Mine, the largest open pit diamond mine in world, is located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia

December 25, 2011

De Beers, EU have cases to answer — Tomana

ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr Johannes Tomana, strongly believes world leading diamond company De Beers and the European Union have cases to answer for smuggling diamonds out of Zimbabwe and imposing illegal sanctions…