Lucapa finds over a hundred diamonds at Australian project

With scores of visitors waiting in line to collect their badges at the registration desk, foot traffic in the corridors of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse and the Diamond Club of Antwerp was strong, turning the exhibition booths of the 83 participating companies into beehives of activity.

Stakeholders must address matters of infrastructure, regulatory uncertainty, skills shortages and Aboriginal rights.

The senior geologist and analyst says those companies simply don’t have viable properties.

Zimbabwe's incumbent ZANU-PF party has ordered police to launch an investigation of claims that five provincial leaders defrauded over a million dollars from various diamond mining companies

The company's executive chairman, John Teeling, said Botswana Diamonds was taking other big steps to becoming a major player in the market.

Western Australia has a growing international reputation as a major source of pink and other coloured diamonds, as well as beryl, topaz, tourmaline and gem-quality quartz.

The release highlights iron, copper, petroleum and coal production.

Exploration investment in the country reached a record high of $3.9 billion in 2011, with the three territories receiving 22% of the total international spending for the year.

North American diamond miner Harry Winston has indicated a willingness to buy from the diversified mining giant.