Diamond Top Stories

Zimbabwe to scrap platinum and diamond mine ownership rules

Zimbabwe holds the world’s second-largest known reserves of platinum-group metals after South Africa, plus substantial deposits of gold, diamonds, lithium, iron ore, coal, chrome and nickel.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2019 | 12:20 pm

Canada’s Northwest Territories gets big resource development boost

The Government of Canada is investing in projects that will support resource development…

MINING.com Editor | March 5, 2019 | 4:20 pm

Star Diamond shares soar as study reveals ‘unusually high’ amount of high-value stones

About 27% of the diamonds at the company’s Orion South…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2019 | 1:00 pm

Botswana’s president denies report of $600 million diamond-backed loan to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs was quoted…

Reuters | March 1, 2019 | 10:46 am

Canada’s mining sector at a crossroads — report

Canada's mining sector is going through dramatic change, but the…

MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2019 | 2:26 pm

Anglo American shares close at lowest in 16 years on HSBC note

HSBC downgraded the company to 'reduce' from 'hold' and highlighted that Anglo's precarious cash flow situation may force it to cancel its dividend.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 25, 2015 | 10:30 am

Alrosa’s revenue down in Q3 as sales almost halved

The loss was also an effect of the depreciation of the Russian ruble against the U.S. dollar and the revaluation of dollar-denominated loans and borrowings.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 25, 2015 | 8:24 am

Gemfields shares soar on ‘knock out’ auction results

The emeralds and rubies miner raised $19.2 million from its recent auction in Jaipur, India.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 23, 2015 | 3:42 am

A brutal year for mine financing explained in just one chart

A miserable $400 million down from a high of $4.6 billion in 2012.

Michael Allan McCrae | November 19, 2015 | 1:29 pm

‘Are you sitting down’ – Lucara CEO recounts 1,111 carat diamond news

‘Congratulations – you are the CEO of the first company in 100 years to recover a stone over 1,000 carats.’

Business In Vancouver - Nelson Bennett | November 19, 2015 | 12:16 am

Company claims prize for second-largest diamond recovery

1,111 carats.

Michael Allan McCrae | November 18, 2015 | 4:09 pm

Five miners rescued in Tanzania after 41 days trapped underground

They survived by eating roots, cockroaches and frogs, and drinking drips of muddy groundwater.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2015 | 9:15 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Company snapshot: Electra Stone

Electra Stone (ELT.V), covered in today's Company Snapshot, is the first public company aiming to take this BC jade and market it directly to China.

Visual Capitalist | November 17, 2015 | 3:56 am

Paragon Diamonds halts trading on capital, financial position woes

The Africa-focused miner needs funding to complete the acquisition of the Mothae project and to repay short-term debts, including £500,000 due this week.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 16, 2015 | 2:51 am

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