May 27, 2012 Losing sparkle: Report says Ekati buyer drops bid It raises questions about demand for such assets, just as peer Rio Tinto starts work on a potential sale of its diamond division.
May 27, 2012 Big miners playing game of chicken as marginal producers sink below break-even Smaller miners are waiting for production cutbacks by the market leaders to prop up prices the way Saudi-Arabia comes to the rescue of oil producing nations whenever the crude price…
May 27, 2012 Bodies of 10 illegal diamond miners recovered in South Africa The bodies of 10 illegal miners were pulled from a collapsed tunnel at a disused diamond mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province De Beers announced late on Saturday.
May 26, 2012 Military drones for mines and tailings I can hardly wait to get my first project involving the use of a drone to monitor the performance of a mine tailings facility. These days some are so big…
May 25, 2012 Lazare Kaplan lauches social initiative to encourage education in Africa US-based diamond manufacturing and distribution company Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (LKI) has launched a new social initiative, The Lazare Ongoma Initiative (LOI), which aims involve retailers in supporting education in…
May 25, 2012 Rio Tinto confirms strong potential for diamond jewellery demand in China An increasing demand for diamond jewellery coming from China could help precious stone producers to boost sales in the following months, hinted diversified miner Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) in a release…
May 24, 2012 Rio’s Zimbabwe spin-off to acquire Murowa diamond mine Zimbabwean miner RioZim Limited is negotiating with global giant Rio Tinto in an attempt to acquire the now jointly own Murowa diamond mine in the in south central region of…
May 24, 2012 Stornoway splashing $28.4 million for Renard engineering Stornoway Diamond Corp will spend $28.4 million to advance its Renard diamond project in northern Quebec, the Vancouver-based company (TSX:SWY) announced yesterday.
May 23, 2012 De Beers leading efforts to rescue illegal miners at abandoned mine De Beers on Wednesday launched rescue efforts for diggers who have been trapped after an illegally excavated tunnel collapsed in the diamond giant's abandoned Namaqualand mining area.
May 22, 2012 Mbada Diamonds produces 12 million carats Mbada Diamonds has produced almost 12 million carats worth half a billion dollars over the past one-and-half years after injecting total investments of only $185 million, Parliament was told yesterday.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
