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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

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2019 | 2:01 am

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.

Reuters | February 26, 2019 | 11:07 am

De Beers consolidates Canadian, South African assets

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

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 25, 2019 | 3:18 pm

De Beers says lab-grown diamond wholesale prices fall by up to 60%

De Beers has invested in a synthetic diamond factory in the U.S. state of Oregon, which should produce more than half a million rough carats a year in 2020.

Reuters | February 21, 2019 | 11:57 am

Canadian miners had a tough 2018, but optimism remains — EY

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index, which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior miners — dropped 2% in the last quarter of 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2019 | 9:00 am

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