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Gem Diamonds big discoveries reach a dozen

The company that digs the world’s most valuable diamonds may soon become the one that also finds the biggest.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 15, 2018 | 3:25 am

Mozambique’s ruby mining goes from ‘Wild West’ to big business

Country now accounts for as much as 80 percent of global ruby output.

Bloomberg News | August 13, 2018 | 4:36 am

Lucapa recovers coloured diamonds

Lucapa Diamond Company and the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (“GoL”) are pleased to provide an update on diamond recoveries from the ongoing bulk sampling program at the Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho (Lucapa 70%; GoL 30%).

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 9, 2018 | 1:07 am

Large diamond retailer drops 22% after cutting guidance

Pandora cuts expected revenue from 7 to 10 per cent to 4 to 7 percent.

Michael McCrae | August 7, 2018 | 7:51 am

Record-breaking stones boost Gem Diamonds sales

The 10 rough, larger-than-100-carats diamonds produced at Letšeng led the hike.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 6, 2018 | 7:08 am

Massive gold treasure found in Kazakhstan

Archaeologists unearthed 3,000 gold and precious metals objects and jewelry pieces.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 5, 2018 | 1:39 pm

Death, diamonds and Russia’s Africa Project: Leonid Bershidsky

The killing of three reporters in the Central African Republic pulls a private, pro-Kremlin military company out of the shadows.

Bloomberg Opinion | August 5, 2018 | 10:18 am

Alrosa sells its most expensive diamond to date

The company said that the Dynasty diamond “is the purest of all large diamonds manufactured throughout the Russian jewelry history.”

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 3, 2018 | 4:39 pm

Replenishing economic diamond resources, a daunting task for miners

Given that most of the high-economic diamond deposits in the world have already been put into production, diluted via expansion, or depleted, going forward the economics of diamond mines will inevitably gravitate towards higher-cost, lower-value operations.

Paul Zimnisky | August 1, 2018 | 1:35 pm

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