Diamond Top Stories

Lucapa gets another $2 million from Lulo diamonds sale

Lucapa has a 35-year license for Lulo, which early last year bore a 404.2-carat white diamond, considered the largest diamond ever recovered in Angola and the biggest diamond ever found by an Australian company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 18, 2018 | 10:18 am

S.African lobby group opposes parts of new draft mining charter

The Minerals Council South Africa said it does not support…

Reuters | June 17, 2018 | 9:05 am

Almost half of deadly mine accidents in South Africa happened at Sibanye-Stillwater sites: Minister

Gwede Mantashe said that 20 out of 45 mining deaths…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 17, 2018 | 8:45 am

Trump trade war blows up big week for mining majors

A week choc-a-bloc with billion dollar copper, iron ore and…

Frik Els | June 15, 2018 | 12:53 pm

RANKED: Commodities that are added to mining company names

No surprise who the winner is.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 14, 2018 | 8:35 am

Environmental groups oppose Rio Tinto’s massive Indian diamond mine

Groups say the mine would lead to 'large scale' destruction of forested areas.

Ana Komnenic | February 9, 2014 | 8:30 pm

Money laundering, terrorism financing diamond trade in India, Israel, Belgium, Canada and the US — report

Global diamond trade is being used to launder illegal funds worth millions of dollars, claims polemic study.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 7, 2014 | 2:52 pm

Q3 winning streak over: ‘Considerable underperformance’ among Canadian miners in Q4

EY's Canadian Mining Eye index shows a 9% loss in Q4 2013 and 45% for the year.

Ana Komnenic | February 6, 2014 | 6:31 pm

EU prepares scheme to stem use of conflict minerals — report

Proposal includes gold, tungsten, tantalum and tin, with the hope of force importers to classify those metals as coming from areas free of conflict.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 5, 2014 | 3:53 pm

Dominion to sell diamonds online from Diavik and Ekati

The company has extended the productive life timeframe for both Canadian operations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 4, 2014 | 6:36 pm

Mining deals for about $10bn coming soon to a market near you—E&Y

However, the report says those funds are unlikely to be available to junior miners.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 4, 2014 | 3:04 pm

Back to miners graduating with 6-figure salaries ‘in a few years’

Baby boomers are retiring and even if only a small fraction of new projects take off, the ensuing skills shortage will bring back mining jobs boom.

Frik Els | February 2, 2014 | 11:39 pm

The weirdest mining M&A partner I’ve seen

This is a significant signal showing us that Chinese interest in platinum is perhaps ramping up.

Oilprice.com | January 31, 2014 | 10:07 pm

Dr Doom: Be afraid, but not very afraid of emerging market crises

While many emerging markets are teetering right now, noted economist Nouriel Roubini says chance of a fully-fledged crisis is low.

Frik Els | January 31, 2014 | 8:01 pm

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