Zimbabwe’s government to give mining claims to artisanal diamond miners

The Panama Gem & Jewelry Center is the largest and most ambitious development project ever undertaken on behalf of the jewelry and gemstone trades in Latin America.

The miner hinted its 30-year partnership with the Indian diamond industry makes it the best fit to drive the sector’s growth in the country.

Financing and marketing are two of the key challenges the industry will have face when trying to keep the global diamond market growing.

The Russian leader is expected to ink a long-sought deal with India during his visit to the country next week.

The mining giant said it was committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders in 2015 despite a severe drop in iron ore prices.

The investment will allow for a fourth pipe to be developed at the site, with production expected to start by 2018.

The project could prove to be more valuable than the country’s biggest gem producer, Catoca,

The Hong Kong-headquartered EGL Asia and NGGC, the state-owned, leading Chinese diamond grading laboratory, signed an agreement which renews and prolongs the close cooperation between the two institutions.

Ivan Kislov is a young Russian mining engineer who spends his breaks taking breath-taking photographs of wild animals, mostly foxes, in the arctic tundra.