July 5, 2018 S. Africa seeks re-opening of shuttered mines to boost economy Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe believes mines on care and maintenance are bad for the economy.
July 5, 2018 Petra Diamonds sells stake in Kimberley Ekapa JV for $22 million The Kimberley Ekapa joint venture focuses on mining in the South African town of Kimberley.
July 4, 2018 ALROSA sells large diamonds at an auction in Vladivostok for $17 mln In 2017, the total revenue of ALROSA from the sale of diamonds at tenders and auctions in Vladivostok exceeded $70 million. On the first 2018 auction held in May ALROSA…
July 4, 2018 New campaign for Rio Tinto’s Australian Diamonds is launched in India Rio Tinto‘s Australian Diamonds programme has launched its latest campaign in India highlighting a new range of affordable bridal and fashion jewellery from the company’s Argyle diamond mine in Australia.
June 29, 2018 Lucapa digs up another large diamond, this time in Lesotho Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has found an 89-carat yellow diamond at its 70%-owned Mothae mine in Lesotho during the current bulk sampling program.
June 29, 2018 Bluerock Diamonds trades up on resumption of production at Kareevlei Company says that changes made to the crushing circuit will positively impact the plant’s performance,
June 28, 2018 Swedwatch report highlights human rights risks in sale of mining equipment to Myanmar Irresponsible jade extraction has led to extensive human suffering and environmental degradation in Myanmar’s conflict-affected Kachin state.
June 28, 2018 Alrosa to auction “football” diamonds, the largest one to be named by fansto auction “football” diamonds, the largest one to be named by fans ALROSA, the world's largest diamond mining company, offers fans to choose a "football" name for large rough diamond weighing 76.53 carats.
June 26, 2018 De Beers just sold 34 million rough diamonds more than last year The $575-million figure represents a 6% increase from the $541m obtained in the same period last year and 3.7% higher than the $554m it sold last month.
June 22, 2018 ALROSA launches football collection of diamonds on the occasion of the World Cup The collection consists of 32 round diamonds, 0.3 carats each, named after the countries - participants of the World Cup.
