March 4, 2019

Star Diamond shares soar as study reveals ‘unusually high’ amount of high-value stones

About 27% of the diamonds at the company’s Orion South and Star exploration sites are type IIa, a category that represents less than 2% of all rough stones mined from…

March 1, 2019

Botswana’s president denies report of $600 million diamond-backed loan to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs was quoted as saying Botswana had offered to lend Zimbabwe $500 million to support its diamond industry.

February 28, 2019

Canada’s mining sector at a crossroads — report

Canada's mining sector is going through dramatic change, but the industry remains bullish on growth, and miners increasingly believe innovation and advances in technology will reshape the industry.

February 27, 2019

QMC confirms spodumene in first holes at Irgon

Quantum Minerals is currently amid phase one of a two phase drill program at Irgon designed to confirm and expand the project’s historical resource that Lithium Corporation of Canada tabled…

February 27, 2019

Mountain Province begins Kennady North winter drilling

The Kennady North property includes the Faraday and Kelvin kimberlites.

February 27, 2019

Rio Tinto investors partying like it’s 2014

Miner will pay a special dividend worth $4 billion, or $2.43 cent a share, as it recorded its highest annual underlying earnings in the last five years.

February 27, 2019

Alrosa unearths 99 carat gem-quality diamond

The rock, a unique transparent one with a visible yellow shade and of gem-quality, is the second major find since the launch of the Verkhne-Munskoye diamond deposit.

February 26, 2019

Botswana offers Zimbabwe $600m in loans — report

Zimbabwe's diamond sector has struggled since the government kicked out private companies from the eastern Marange fields.

February 25, 2019

De Beers consolidates Canadian, South African assets

De Beers announced the change as its mining footprint in both countries is shrinking.

February 21, 2019

Diamond Producers Association launches ‘For Me, From Me’ campaign

Latest ‘Real is Rare’ campaign celebrates self-purchase women at all life stages.