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Rio opens new diamond pipe in subarctic Canada

The pipe is expected to be "an important source of incremental supply over the next four years."

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 20, 2018 | 4:43 pm

Lucara Diamond moves forward with ‘stone by stone’ sales plan

Miner will include Sarine’s mapping and planning technologies into its sales platform, which applies algorithms to match rough diamond production with polished manufacturing demand on a stone by stone basis.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 20, 2018 | 7:48 am

Zambia tax authority goes after Gemfields

Zambia’s Revenue Authority served the firm two search warrants during an unannounced visit to its Kagem mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 17, 2018 | 9:05 am

First-half diamond sales down 16 percent at Botswana’s Okavango

Marcus ter Haar said the company sold 1.778 million carats in the first half of 2018 compared with 1.808 million carats in the same period last year.

Reuters | August 15, 2018 | 11:22 am

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