February 9, 2022

Alrosa adjusts sales schedule to ease supply shortage

The move will allow buyers to get their hands on rough diamonds sooner than planned, helping ease current undersupply.

February 4, 2022

Zimbabwe makes U-turn on mining royalties to halt currency slide

The Zimbabwean dollar has weakened 6.8% this year to 116.65 per dollar.

February 1, 2022

Vast Resources pulls out of deal to buy Botswana’s Ghaghoo diamond mine

Ghaghoo was estimated in 2014 to have a resource of 79.3 million tonnes at an average grade of 19.5 carat per hundred tonnes.

February 1, 2022

Rio Tinto report reveals culture of sexual harassment, bullying and racism

Eight-month independent review of the miner’s workplace culture found disturbing, systemic behaviours across the company’s sites.

January 31, 2022

Debswana annual diamond sales jump 64%

The total value of Debswana's diamond exports stood at $3.466 billion in 2021 compared with $2.120 billion in 2020.

January 27, 2022

De Beers boosts production to meet recovering demand

It saw 2021 production jump by 29% to 32.3 million carats, as the miner boosted output to meet recovering demand.

January 24, 2022

There’s a buying frenzy in cheap and tiny diamonds

A surge in diamond demand that began in the early Covid lockdowns is showing no sign of easing.

January 20, 2022

Giant black diamond said to come from space could fetch $6.8 million

The 555.55-carat gem, dubbed "The Enigma," is the largest faceted fancy black diamond to ever be sold at an auction.

January 17, 2022

De Beers makes diamond buyers cough up cash with fresh price rise

The world's largest diamond miner by value is said to have hiked prices by about 8% for big stones and 20% for small ones at the latest sale.

January 16, 2022

Flawed diamonds may be the key to quantum internet

Japanese researchers discovered that diamonds’ atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element may offer a close-to-perfect interface for quantum computing.