MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

It's a 169-carat, top white colour Type IIa rock diamond dug up at the company's flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho.

Gem Diamonds found the 910-carat diamond, named "The Lesotho Legend," in January.

Under the deal, Newfield will lend Stellar $3 million to help it over its immediate short-term cash needs, while undertaking a right issue to raise A$30 million (roughly $23.6m) to re-finance the blended company.

A mineral usually found at depths of 700 km found ensconced within diamond near Earth’s surface for the first time.

As well as facing legal action, BSGR, which denies any wrong-doing, is suing financier George Soros for $10 billion in damages over lost contracts.

Latest discovery is a 152-carat, top white colour Type IIa diamond, dug up at the company's flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho.

The experience would include $17,000 diamond chopsticks and an 18-course dinner prepared by the Michelin-starred team from Jaan.

They say diamonds have become a curse instead of a blessing for those living in the Mutare West region.

Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond industry analyst, estimates supply will fall 3.4% to 147 million carats.