July 11, 2011 Ontario Mace Makes Historic Home Mine Visit The ceremonial mace from the Ontario Legislature came full circle recently when it visited the De Beers Canada Victor Mine in northern Ontario, the place where the two diamonds set…
July 11, 2011 Impure diamonds make perfect computers Diamonds have the potential to act as building blocks for quantum computing. In an article published in Nature Physics last month, a group of researchers found that the nitrogen vacancy…
July 10, 2011 Namibia’s diamond production slides 9% Namibia's diamond in the first five months of 2011 totaled 528,333 carats, declining 8.9% compared to last year, according to Ministry of Mines and Energy figures released by broking firm…
July 9, 2011 William and Kate visit Yellowknife, get Diavik diamonds Polar bears were the theme of the diamond jewelry items presented to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their visit to Canada's Northwest Territories. The newlyweds received a set…
July 8, 2011 Diamond prices bounce back, tempt investors Reuters reports that diamond prices are now above pre-crisis levels after a 35 to 40 percent rise so far this year. De Beers’ Executive Director, Stephen Lussier says, Diamonds are…
July 8, 2011 Latin American Minerals signs Option Agreement with Olivut Resources for development of Itapoty Diamond Project Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LAT) announced that on July 5, 2011, it signed a definitive Option Agreement for the potential earn-in and joint venture development of the Company's Itapoty…
July 8, 2011 Lucara secures $50m to complete Botswana Diamond Project Mining Weekly reports Lucara Diamond Corporation (CVE:LUC) has raised $50-million in debt for two gem projects. The market news is quoted as saying, Lucara said it had concluded that the…
July 8, 2011 Diamond Prices Bounce Back, Tempt Investors Reuters reports that diamond prices are now above pre-crisis levels after a 35 to 40 percent rise so far this year.
July 7, 2011 Zimbabwe says it will pay for foreign firms Foreign companies in Zimbabwe will not be seized but bought out under a black economic empowerment scheme sponsored by President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, a government minister said on Thursday.
July 7, 2011 Zimbabwe may sue De Beers over ‘looting’ of diamond fields under international ban Zimbabwe’s state-controlled Herald newspaper reported on Thursday the Harare government is investigating De Beers over claims it smuggled out gems worth "hundreds of millions of dollars" from the controversial Chiadzwa…
Roundup Video: Sixty North targets midyear Mon mine restart The company plans to restart the past-producing gold mine in the Northwest Territories by midyear after installing a 100-tonne-per-day mill at the site. February 10, 2026 | 12:29 pm
