January 18, 2021

Barrick’s Bristow to buy diamond miner

Barrick Gold’s president and CEO would add beleaguered Rockwell Diamonds to his personal portfolio if the miner agrees to delist and be taken private.

January 15, 2021

Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find

The unbroken white diamond, recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, could fetch more than $10 million.

January 13, 2021

Elite diamond-buying club shrinks as De Beers culls old clients

De Beers has cut off some of its long-term diamond buyers, marking one of the biggest shakeups in the way the miner sells gems.

January 13, 2021

Gem Diamonds’ Letšeng stays open during Lesotho lockdown

The country is going into a 14-day lockdown from midnight on Thursday.

January 13, 2021

ALROSA’s diamond sales drop 16% in 2020

Company's sales of rough and polished diamonds totaled $2,802 million.

January 13, 2021

Petra Diamonds’ investors back restructuring

Majority approved plan includes reducing authorized share capital of the company by cutting the nominal value of all ordinary shares from 10p to 0.001p.

January 11, 2021

Emesent technology helps Petra Diamonds save on ore pass remediation

Highly accurate point cloud data sets from a Hovermap scan allowed mine engineers to visualize the condition of ore passes for the first time and avoid spending $350,000, on remediation.

January 7, 2021

Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies

The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.

January 5, 2021

Botswana extends Lucara’s Karowe license to 2046

The license renewal marks a critical step in the formal sanction of the underground expansion project for the mine.

January 4, 2021

Stretched diamonds may be key for next-gen microelectronics

Strained diamonds may be prime candidates for advanced functional devices in microelectronics.