May 21, 2020

World’s fourth-biggest diamond mine cuts output

Angola’s Sociedade Mineira de Catoca, which operates the namesake diamond mine in the country, cited weak demand.

May 20, 2020

Alrosa pushes for sales of fluorescent diamonds

The Russian miner says fluorescence doesn’t negatively impact a diamond’s appearance

May 14, 2020

Sierra Leone mining revenue sinks

Mining accounts for more than 80% of the West African country's export revenue.

May 13, 2020

Diamonds: the brilliant new asset

Gold is nearing the all-time high; diamonds, a twenty year low.

May 13, 2020

Russia, Congo, Botswana hold 80% of global diamond reserves

Russia, Congo and Botswana combined have the lion's share of the world’s 1.1 billion million carats in reserves.

May 12, 2020

Lucapa finds 171-carat diamond at Angola mine

It's the 15th diamond over 100 carat recovered to date from the prolific Lulo mine.

May 12, 2020

Alrosa’s anemic April sales a new sign of market agony

The world’s top diamond producer by output saw sales dive 95% in April compared to the same month of 2019.

May 10, 2020

Rio Tinto increases safety measures to prevent coronavirus outbreak at Canadian diamond mine

The world’s second-largest mining company is introducing covid-19 testing at its Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories.

May 8, 2020

INTERVIEW: Hon. Leopold Mboli Fatran minister of mines, Central African Republic

Political instability has been the real culprit of underdevelopment, says Fatran.

May 8, 2020

Lucara Diamond in the red as market conditions worsen

Lucara lost $3.2 million in the first three months of the year, compared to $7.4 million in earnings in Q1 2019.