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Saskatchewan gives environmental approval to Star-Orion South project

The preliminary economic assessment of the mine estimates that 66 million carats of diamonds could be recovered over a 38-year project life.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 26, 2018 | 7:49 am

Lucapa secures $7m loan to boost Lesotho mine development

First commercial diamonds from the company's 70%-owned Mothae mine expected in early November.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 25, 2018 | 6:35 am

De Beers to build Chidliak as FutureSmart mine

De Beers acquired Peregrine and all its Canadian projects in a friendly deal in September for 24 cents a share or $107 million.

The Northern Miner | October 23, 2018 | 12:41 pm

De Beers diamond production falls 5 percent in third quarter

The world’s top diamond producer by value attributed the decline to planned volume reductions in Botswana and South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 23, 2018 | 5:45 am

Petra Diamonds revenue up as production, sales jump

Revenue rose 22 percent in the quarter to $80.2 million from $65.8 million a year prior, despite diamond prices being 5 percent lower when compared to the same period of 2017.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 22, 2018 | 9:50 am

Almost 400,000 migrants left Angola in massive diamond crackdown

The government says that diamonds worth more than $1 million had been seized in the course of Operation Transparency.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 21, 2018 | 1:16 pm

Why a no-deal Brexit risks freezing London’s diamond trade

The U.K. is currently just one of six EU countries allowed to import and export rough diamonds. Once stones enter Belgium and Portugal, they’re then free to move around the region.

Bloomberg News | October 19, 2018 | 12:27 pm