Lucapa finds 171-carat diamond at Angola mine

With metals from zinc to palladium trading at multi-year highs, four of the world’s top producers generated combined free cash flow last year of about $87 million a day.

The sale of 4,170 carats of Lulo diamonds achieved gross proceeds of US$9.14 million (A$11.43 million), representing an average price per carat of US$2,192.

Rio Tinto and The Perth Mint are delighted to unveil the first pavé set Argyle pink diamond gold coin.

Mining and metal companies are rediscovering the downside of rallying prices: higher costs.

The company, which last month found the world’s fifth-biggest diamond in history at its flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho, sold 21% more rocks in last quarter of 2017.

The 119 diamonds recovered from the Little Spring Creek lamproite drill core samples included seven macro diamonds and 112 micro-diamonds.

In January 2018, ALROSA recovered two gem-quality stones weighing 97.92 carats and 85.62 carats.

ALROSA and GfK research company conducted an extensive research of diamond consumers in the US and China. What they discovered was interesting.

Consulting firm Deloitte has published what it says will be the top-10 global trends in the mining industry this year.