Most top miners failing Paris Agreement goals

The world's largest mining and construction equipment maker beat market expectations for fourth quarter earnings and said its sales growth momentum is expected to continue in 2018.

Miner aims at selling around 40 million carats of diamonds in 2018 provided market conditions are favourable.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took the post in November, has ordered an examination of both industries that may lead to the abolition of the 51% local ownership rule on them.

Karelian Diamond Resources was granted a four-year exploration claim in the Kaavi region.

The 149-carat, D colour, Type IIa rough diamond is the fourth high quality stone of over 100 carats the company has recovered so far this year at its Letšeng mine.

Move seeks to ensure the sustainability of Namdeb land-based operations.

The Australian miner has also unearthed the tenth +100 carat stone recovered from Lulo since mining operations began two years ago.

Firm is developing open platform that traces diamonds from mine to buyer.

Rampant violence and corruption are the norm in the mines of the southern Guayana region.