December 12, 2017 Responsible Jewellery Council certifies Alrosa’s mining and business practices The RJC conducted a months-long sustainability audit.
December 7, 2017 India trade ministry seeks lower tax on diamond miners The commerce department has sought to scrap levies and introduce a presumptive tax of 0.25 percent on diamond mining companies.
December 6, 2017 Diamond Fields reclaims iconic name It'll be known as Diamond Fields Resources, and he new trading symbol is "DFR".
December 6, 2017 De Beers reshuffles executive committee Chief executive Bruce Cleaver said the changes were necessary to sustain De Beers' success as a business.
December 6, 2017 Elite collection of natural fancy colour diamonds to be showcased in Los Angeles Visitors to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA) will have a rare opportunity to see some of the world’s most coveted natural fancy color diamonds at Green Diamonds:…
December 5, 2017 Diamond Fields to resume mining off Namibian coast next year The country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has renewed the Canadian miner's licence for ten years.
December 5, 2017 Sierra Leone ‘Peace Diamond’ sold for less-than-expected The egg-sized, 709-carat rough yellowish diamond was sold for $6.5 million to luxury jeweller Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds.
December 4, 2017 De Beers steps up efforts to remove ‘conflict diamonds’ from the market Diamond giant is investing in an open platform that will allow tracing a rock throughout the entire value chain — from mine to buyer.
December 4, 2017 Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current leader of the remuneration committee, Simon Thompson, to assume the post in March 2018.
December 1, 2017 Alrosa’s 51-carat Dynasty diamond fails to sell at auction The other four other stones of the collection were sold at an average premium of 30%.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
