Diamond Top Stories

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

Zimbabwe's secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs was quoted as saying Botswana had offered to lend Zimbabwe $500 million to support its diamond industry.

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

Mountain Province begins Kennady North winter drilling

The Kennady North property includes the Faraday and Kelvin kimberlites.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 27, 2019 | 3:11 pm

Rio Tinto investors partying like it’s 2014

Miner will pay a special dividend worth $4 billion, or…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2019 | 5:27 am

Alrosa unearths 99 carat gem-quality diamond

The rock, a unique transparent one with a visible yellow…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2019 | 2:01 am

Lucara Diamond to host second stone tender in November

Since the recovery of the first large diamond from the Karowe mine in 2013, Lucara has found 216 gems, which it has sold for more than $250,000 each.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2015 | 7:33 am

World’s top 5 miners lose $540 BILLION market worth

CHART: The commodity slump has slashed major miners' market valuations to 60–88% below 2011 highs.

Frik Els | September 4, 2015 | 11:12 pm

Extremely rare mineral found in 1.2-billion-year-old meteorite impact in Scotland

The finding is more than double the age of the previous oldest known occurrence of reidite, believed to have formed about 450 million years ago.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2015 | 3:08 am

Spanish police arrest American-Belgian man on ‘blood diamond’ charges

The 64-year-old American-Belgian citizen has become the first businessman ever arrested for suspected involvement in the illegal trade of “blood” diamonds.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2015 | 10:00 am

Power shortages, cost cuts to hit Congo’s copper output

With the only exception of gold, production numbers for most other commodities mined in the Central African nation are also expected to decline this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 28, 2015 | 4:15 am

Jim Rogers: Commodity bull market hasn’t gone away

Commodity investing legend says the Chinese market is on its way to "finding a good bottom."

Frik Els | August 26, 2015 | 11:21 am

Canada, Australia, US, Chile and Mexico, the top destinations for mining investors

Despite current adverse conditions, advisory firm Behre Dolbear is recommending mining stakeholders to focus on markets that have been able to ride the wave relatively well so far.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 25, 2015 | 8:26 am

Mining private equity is being fundamentally transformed

Appian Capital founder Michael Scherb: "You're now seeing the same changes in mining that happened in oil and gas which is now heavily supported by PE"

Frik Els | August 23, 2015 | 11:45 pm

New variety of hard-to-find mineral discovered in England

The last time a vein of Blue John Stone, a legendary semi-precious mineral, was discovered was in the in the XIX century.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2015 | 6:30 am

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