May 31, 2011 Shear Diamonds announces engagement of DR Americas to evaluate Jericho diamond recovery plant Shear Diamonds Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SRM) is pleased to announce that it has engaged the services of DRA Americas (“DRA”) to evaluate the […]
May 31, 2011 Leviev sells Angola diamond mine stake for reported $380m profit Real estate magnate Lev Leviev has sold his 18% stake in Angola's Catoca diamond mine to China's Sonangol International for $400 million, Russia's "Kommersant" newspaper reports. Leviev acquired the stake…
May 30, 2011 Post tsunami, Japan’s diamond imports keeps growing Japan dispelled fears among many diamond traders that after the earthquake and following tsunami that hit the country on March 11, it will lose its taste for diamonds. In April,…
May 30, 2011 Blue Star launches online rough auction Arjav Diamonds, part of the DTC Sightholding group Blue Star Diamonds, has launched an online auction for rough diamonds, out of the Indian diamond-processing city of Surat. Blue Star chairman…
May 30, 2011 Botswana: Record Q1 Diamond Exports Botswana exported $462.5 million worth of polished diamonds in March, a 50.7% year-over-year increase in exports, based on figures released by the Bank of Botswana. This brings the country’s first…
May 30, 2011 Commodities boom drives economic growth in several Canadian provinces A Conference Board of Canada report says high energy and metals prices "are prompting resource companies to invest billions in iron ore projects, nickel processing and offshore oil developments" in…
May 26, 2011 Commodities boom drives economic growth in several Canadian provinces A Conference Board of Canada report says high energy and metals prices "are prompting resource companies to invest billions in iron ore projects, nickel processing and offshore oil developments" in…
May 26, 2011 Four oversold big miners that should rally The S&P GSCI Index of 24 raw materials dropped about 10% since the Goldman (GS) sell call on April 11. It was up over 1% today on the new bullish…
May 26, 2011 Alrosa’s annual production tops De Beers again, reveals world’s largest diamond reserves The secretive Russian diamond giant Alrosa on Thursday provided a rare glimpse into its finances and operations ahead of a possible public offering. The state-owned company supplies about a quarter…
May 24, 2011 Russia’s Alrosa to keep plum mine asset – source Reuters reports on Tuesday Russian diamond monopoly Alrosa may use the spoils of high diamond prices to develop an asset in northwest Russia rather than let a foreign miner such…
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
