July 27, 2017 Rio Tinto unveils its largest red diamond The Argyle Everglow is a 2.11 carat polished radiant cut diamond
July 25, 2017 Caterpillar earnings beat estimates, shares hit five-year high It now expects adjusted earnings per share to come in at $5, significantly higher than the $3.75 it had forecast just three months ago and almost doubled the $2.90 it…
July 25, 2017 South Africa labour disputes weigh on Petra Diamonds results Labour disputes earlier in the year caused delays in the building of a new plant in its Cullinan mine in South Africa.
July 24, 2017 World’s top diamond miner Alrosa output up 14% in first half of 2017 The Aikhal division accounted for more than a third of the company’s total output in the period, having extracted 6.9-million carats of rough diamonds – a 26% year-on-year increase.
July 19, 2017 What happened to rough diamond prices over the last 10 years – report Independent diamond industry analyst and consultant Paul Zimnisky has published a report on global rough diamond prices in the 10 years since the global financial crisis.
July 19, 2017 The world’s largest diamond miner just found two massive rocks Both rocks, said ALrosa, are believed to be gem-quality.
July 17, 2017 World’s second-largest diamond ‘too big’ to sell Lucara Diamond’s Lesedi La Rona is said to face challenges other rock never do, including its multi-million-dollar price tag and a risky polishing process that can take months or years.
July 17, 2017 Washington Companies buys Dominion Diamond for $1.2 billion The US company plans to operate Dominion as a standalone business, appointing a new chief executive based in Canada.
July 17, 2017 Botswana Diamonds jumps on prospecting licence expansion Vutomi licences were extended into additional area of mineralization adjacent to the firm’s Frischgewaagt project in South Africa.
July 14, 2017 Anton Siluanov elected as Chairman of ALROSA Supervisory Board Members of ALROSA Supervisory Board voted to approve Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
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