De Beers buys time to close diamond deal with BotswanaIt has extended a ten-year sales agreement with Botswana by a year due to logistical challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemicCecilia Jamasmie | December 15, 2020 | 6:25 am
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the weekTianqi Lithium sells 49% of Australian unit to IGO ,…MINING.com Editor | December 11, 2020 | 12:17 pm
Lucapa finds another +100ct diamond at Lesotho mineThe D-colour, Type IIa white diamond is the fourth larger…Cecilia Jamasmie | December 10, 2020 | 6:00 am
De Beers is selling diamonds for less and the industry isn’t happy World’s No.1 diamond miner will let buyers refuse some lower-quality stones, just as it gets ready to begin selling synthetic stones. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 4, 2018 | 9:41 am
De Beers will allow buyers to reject cheap diamonds This is a rare move by De Beers, which is famous for requiring buyers to take what’s offered. Bloomberg News | September 3, 2018 | 10:33 am
India’s Anil Agarwal succeeds with Vedanta Resources buyout Some in the industry see this move as a prelude to a potentially broader deal with bigger miner Anglo American. Reuters | September 3, 2018 | 7:21 am
FedEx’d gems fueled India’s biggest bank fraud, report says Modi and associates fraudulently borrowed approximately $4 billion Bloomberg News | August 30, 2018 | 1:38 pm
Lucapa confident of lifting its diamond success rate in both Africa and Australia Diamond producer, ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company Limited (LOM) says the Company has begun to “shine bright” in the world of Special diamonds. Lucapa Diamond Company Limited | August 29, 2018 | 12:44 pm
Famous yellow diamonds yielding mine up for grabs The Ellendale mine produced around half of the world’s supply of rare yellow diamonds during peak production. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 27, 2018 | 7:43 am
Underground mining is certainly not a boring job, nor for the faint-hearted Mike Breecher tells us all about his job. CareerMine | August 25, 2018 | 3:02 pm
Kremlin aide wants top firms to invest more rather than pay windfall tax Kremlin aide Andrei Belousov said on Friday he would like major Russian firms to invest in social projects rather than pay higher taxes. Reuters | August 24, 2018 | 1:49 am
Botswana Diamonds partner granted exclusive access to concession in Zimbabwe Vast Resource is expected to carry out an initial assessment of the Heritage Concession, in the Marange Diamond Fields area. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 23, 2018 | 8:29 am