Diamond Top Stories

Lucara Diamond locks in $220 million loan for Karowe expansion

Financing package will help fund a five-year, $514 million underground expansion of the Karowe mine in Botswana.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2021 | 10:03 am

Petra fetches over $40m for 39-carat blue diamond

At $1,021,357 per carat, it is the highest price paid…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2021 | 9:33 am

Gemfields shares spike tied to non disclosable, sensitive information

The emeralds and rubies miner did say it expects to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 9, 2021 | 8:50 am

Star Diamond battles Rio Tinto’s call to JV meeting

Canadian miner says Rio has no right to call or…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 8, 2021 | 9:08 am

Britain’s Firestone to sell Botswana diamond mine for $50,000

The BK11 mine was put on care and maintenance in…

Reuters | July 7, 2021 | 9:21 am

Alrosa’s Diamond Inspector excels at detecting fake stones

An independent, US-based lab tested the device.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 25, 2019 | 6:15 am

Rising resource nationalism in Africa ups stakes for miners — report

Central Africa’s copperbelt, and Tanzania capture the bulk of resource nationalism risks, Verisk Maplecroft says.

MINING.com Editor | September 24, 2019 | 2:30 pm

Petra finds 20.08-carat blue diamond at flagship Cullinan mine

Recovery demonstrates the quality of Petra's asset base, as the Cullinan diamond mine remains a significant source of rare blue diamonds, said the company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2019 | 5:54 am

Canadian student discovers new mineral inside a diamond

The new mineral was named goldschmidtite.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 22, 2019 | 6:58 am

Alrosa gets an A+ in social, environmental investments

The Russian miner allocates 3% of its revenue to social expenses and 2.2% to environmental initiatives.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 19, 2019 | 6:20 am

Lucara finds another big diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana

The operation has this year yielded 22 diamonds larger than 100 carats, eight of them exceeding 200 carats.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2019 | 9:10 am

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Lucara Diamond locks in $220 million loan for Karowe expansion

Petra fetches over $40m for 39-carat blue diamond

Gemfields shares spike tied to non disclosable, sensitive information

Star Diamond battles Rio Tinto’s call to JV meeting

Britain’s Firestone to sell Botswana diamond mine for $50,000

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Alrosa’s Diamond Inspector excels at detecting fake stones

Rising resource nationalism in Africa ups stakes for miners — report

Petra finds 20.08-carat blue diamond at flagship Cullinan mine

Canadian student discovers new mineral inside a diamond

Alrosa gets an A+ in social, environmental investments

Lucara finds another big diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana

Rio’s Argyle diamonds go on tour

MIT engineers ‘hide’ $2m-diamond under world’s blackest black material

De Beers Namibia diamond venture sells mine to local consortium