November 10, 2022 Petra Diamonds’ Tanzania mine ops suspended for three months A wall of the tailings storage facility at the site was breached earlier this week.
November 8, 2022 Zimbabwe’s new mineral royalty policy comes into force The government plans to start collecting half of the royalties from gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, and lithium.
November 7, 2022 Petra Diamonds halts Williamson mine in Tanzania after dam breach Operations were suspended after a wall of the tailings storage facility was breached, causing flooding in nearby areas.
November 7, 2022 Previously unknown mineralogy of deep earth unveiled New experiments suggest that earth’s deeper lower mantle likely has a mineralogy different from the shallower lower mantle.
November 2, 2022 Vivid pink diamond could go for $35 million at Christie’s auction The largest vivid pink diamond sold at Christie's was the 18.96-carat Winston Pink Legacy, which got $50.4 million in 2018.
November 2, 2022 Gemfields to auction 37,555-gram emerald cluster The Kafubu Cluster is likely to set a record for the world’s most expensive single emerald sold in auction.
November 2, 2022 Gem Diamonds lowers 2022 guidance despite solid Q3 Output was hurt by a two-day halt in Lesotho during the country's general elections, as well as by an equipment breakdown, now repaired.
November 2, 2022 Diamonds trade watchdog mulls fate of Russian gems The Kimberley Process is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems.
November 1, 2022 Debswana posts 37.5% jump in 9-month diamond sales However, De Beers sees the risk of the market slowing down in the coming months due to a deterioration in global economic conditions.
October 27, 2022 Higher-grade ore boosts De Beers diamond output Production of rough diamonds climbed 4% to 9.6 million carats in the third quarter of the year, compared to the same period of 2021.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
