October 2, 2012 The “boom” might be over but Kiwis still flock to Australia A record number of skilled New Zealanders involved in trade are leaving their country to take up higher paying jobs in Australia.
October 2, 2012 Swaziland consults with Botswana on diamond laws Botswana has been hailed for its instrumental role in the resuscitation of diamond mining in Swaziland through provision of support for the enactment of key legislation and benchmarking.
October 2, 2012 Richland revenues down due to illegal tanzanite mining Gemstone producer and developer, Richland Resources (formerly TanzaniteOne) said its revenues for the first half of the year 2012 fell 19 percent to $8.4 million compared to $10.4 million in…
October 2, 2012 DiamondCorp cancels September gem auction Africa focussed diamond mine development and exploration company DiamondCorp (LON:DCP) shelved its planned auction for the month of September, due to poor prices during July and August.
October 2, 2012 Wife testifies at diamond dealer’s disappearance inquest The wife of an Australian businessman, who vanished nine years ago while negotiating a million dollar diamond deal, testified Tuesday about why she didn’t report her husband’s disappearance to police…
October 2, 2012 Scio Diamond to raise shipments on record output Artificial diamond-maker Scio Diamond Technology (OTC_BB:SCIO) has announced plans to dramatically raise shipments on the back of record production levels.
October 2, 2012 Fortescue wins eight year court case against corporate regulators The Australian High Court has ruled in favor of Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) in a case brought against the mining giant eight years ago by the Australian Securities and Investments…
October 2, 2012 BC government rejects Morrison Lake mine for the salmon The government of British Columbia has rejected plans for a combined copper-gold mine in the province's north-west due to fears it could threaten salmon populations in the Skeena River.
October 2, 2012 Fed has doubled-down on Q3, unofficially announced Q4: Pento Renowned investor and Bloomberg regular Michael Pento says the US Federal reserve has "doubled down on QE3 this morning and unofficially announced QE4."
October 2, 2012 Beijing investor offers $100m to Coal of Africa for quarter of equity A subsidiary of Beijing Haohua Energy Resource has offered Coal of Africa $100 million in equity funding following Exxaro's decision to refrain from exercising options for a stake in the…
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