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Rapaport’s small diamond index up 14%

Record high prices were achieved in specific categories, with strong demand from US and Indian buyers supporting sales

MINING.com Editor | April 2, 2012 | 10:00 am

Anglo-American building new Namibia diamond mine

Namdeb, which plans to produce 600,000 carats in 2012, expects the new mine to produce 45,000 carats a year.

MINING.com Editor | April 1, 2012 | 6:57 pm

The Oppenheimers and De Beers are no more. Here’s a 30-year old article that predicted the cartel’s undoing

"An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign."

Frik Els | March 29, 2012 | 7:08 pm

World’s largest money manager losing confidence in BHP Billiton

"They need to clearly indicate to the market what their strategy around Olympic Dam is, around shale gas, all of these things, to return confidence that they're not spending huge amounts of capex for very low returns."

Frik Els | March 29, 2012 | 1:00 pm

India’s import duty stifles diamond “round tripping”

India's polished diamond trade saw a sharp decline in February following the imposition of a2% import duty by the Indian government on polished diamond imports on January 17, 2012.

Mineweb | March 27, 2012 | 3:38 pm

Rio diamond mines may be on the block

London-based diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) is taking a page out of BHP Billiton's playbook and is looking at selling some or all of its diamond mines.

Andrew Topf | March 27, 2012 | 5:09 am

World’s first all-diamond ring to cost US$68 million

Switzerland-based Shawish Jewelry is creating a diamond ring that would make Elizabeth Taylor’s 30-carat engagement band from Richard Burton look like a children’s toy— a 150-carat all-diamond ring.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2012 | 3:06 pm

Botswana Diamonds releases sparkling interim results

London-listed diamond junior Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) forecasts a cheerful future for the diamond market, despite it sliding into the red in the six months to the end of December with a pre-tax loss of over US$327,000.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2012 | 1:44 pm

India increases rough diamond intake

A rise in rough diamond imports by India took place in February. India imported $1.33 billion worth of rough diamonds, increasing 21.3 percent, based on provisional figures published by the Gem &Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).

IDEX Online | March 21, 2012 | 8:54 am

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