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Botswana sees lower mineral revenues in 2019

Retail jewellery sales fell during the last quarter of 2018, while polished prices continued to decline into the beginning of 2019.

Reuters | March 7, 2019 | 11:22 am

Zimbabwe to allow foreign platinum miners control of local operations

Foreign platinum and diamond miners have been restricted to only 49 percent ownership of their Zimbabwe operations by the black economic empowerment law.

Reuters | March 7, 2019 | 9:14 am

Zimbabwe to scrap platinum and diamond mine ownership rules

Zimbabwe holds the world’s second-largest known reserves of platinum-group metals after South Africa, plus substantial deposits of gold, diamonds, lithium, iron ore, coal, chrome and nickel.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2019 | 12:20 pm

Canada’s Northwest Territories gets big resource development boost

The Government of Canada is investing in projects that will support resource development in an area where the territory's three operating diamond mines are located.

MINING.com Editor | March 5, 2019 | 4:20 pm

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 kimberlites.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2019 | 1:00 pm

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.

Reuters | March 1, 2019 | 10:46 am

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.

MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2019 | 2:26 pm

Mountain Province begins Kennady North winter drilling

The Kennady North property includes the Faraday and Kelvin kimberlites.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2019 | 3:11 pm

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2019 | 5:27 am

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