Diamond Top Stories

Mountain Province bounces back as diamond demand returns

Its 49%-owned Gahcho Kué mine has rebounded well from a difficult start to the year, that saw it shut down for 22 days.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 5, 2021 | 7:01 am

Lucara digs up 393-carat diamond at Karowe

The diamond is the seventh stone greater than 300 carats…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 30, 2021 | 3:48 am

Petra Diamonds finds 342-carat rough at Cullinan mine

Petra said the diamond, of “exceptional” quality in terms of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 28, 2021 | 3:50 am

Rerating: Top 50 mining companies double in value from covid low

MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 most valuable mining stocks…

MINING.com Editor | July 23, 2021 | 9:56 am

Diamonds and platinum sparkle in Anglo American’s Q2 production

Diamond production rose by 134% compared to last year as…

Reuters | July 20, 2021 | 4:20 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

Rio’s Argyle diamonds go on tour

The Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender is being showcased in Perth, Singapore, London and New York.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 17, 2019 | 6:20 am

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

LJ West Diamonds gave them a 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond to experiment with.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 16, 2019 | 6:15 am

De Beers Namibia diamond venture sells mine to local consortium

Namdeb, which unsuccessfully explored a variety of options to extend the life of its Elizabeth Bay Mine beyond 2019, ceased operations in September 2018.

Reuters | September 12, 2019 | 11:56 am

South Africa grants Botswana Diamonds ‘critical’ environmental authorization

The permission covers diamond-bearing gravels at the Marsfontein mine, which is next to the company's own Thorny River project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 12, 2019 | 7:12 am

Record gold prices would be bad news for diamonds

Compared to gold, diamonds are an inferior store of wealth.

Bloomberg News | September 11, 2019 | 12:22 pm

Zimbabwe holds diamond auction for 316,000 carats

Zimbabwe expects to produce 4.1 million carats of diamonds this year, up from 2.8 carats in 2018.

Bloomberg News | September 11, 2019 | 10:36 am

Alrosa reports $181.8m in August sales

This was the company's second lowest monthly sales figure this year.

Reuters | September 10, 2019 | 10:54 am

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