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The right cut: Dreams made of diamonds

The Montreal Gazette interviews Gevorg Mkhitaryan, owner of a small diamond polishing operation, who was part of a group of about 60 Armenian diamond cutters and polishers brought to the Northwest Territories to work in Canada's Yellowknife’s nascent diamond processing industry.

Montreal Gazette | May 22, 2012 | 4:51 pm

Green Technology Solutions opens joint venture talks with Alaskan mining company

Diamond's extensive mining experience of Diamond V Associates, could make the company a strong ally in GTSO's mission to bring new sources of tungsten online.

Business Wire Natural Resources News | May 22, 2012 | 4:38 pm

DiamondCorp agrees on a $33.6 million loan deal with South Africa’s IDC

African DiamondCorp (LON:DCP) said its 74% owned Lace Diamond Mines, the company's primary asset in South Africa, has entered into a loan funding term sheet with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC), the company announced Monday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2012 | 4:21 pm

Xstrata relies on China to lift copper demand

Copper demand in China, the world's main consumer of the red metal, is expected to rebound in the second half of 2012, despite the uncertain outlook for Europe, the head of Xstrata PLC's copper division said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2012 | 2:54 pm

BHP Billiton to restart manganese operations in Tasmania by the end of August

BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) surprised the market this morning with good news by announcing it will restart its TEMCO manganese operations in Tasmania by the end of August.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2012 | 2:11 pm

Rio Tinto donates $12 million biggest pink diamond to a museum

London-based diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) is donating the biggest pink rough diamond ever discovered, found earlier this year at its Argyle mine, to an Australian museum in Melbourne, reports The West.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2012 | 1:17 pm

Rio Tinto sells aluminum business for $185 million

In what it seems a move towards exiting the aluminum wire business, diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON & NYSE:RIO) announced it is selling its U.S.-based wire and cable business Alcan Cable to American company General Cable (NYSE: BGC) for $185 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2012 | 12:41 pm