Diamond Top Stories

“Eternal Pink” diamond could fetch more than $35 million at auction

The 10.57-carat diamond also carries the highest price per carat estimate placed on any rock or gemstone ($3.3 million).

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2023 | 3:46 am

Botswana Diamonds begins mining in South Africa

Marsfontein is serving as a proof-of-concept trial project, which will…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 29, 2023 | 4:42 am

Botswana partners with gem trader HB Antwerp, seeks to loosen De Beers’ grip

Botswana will take a 24% stake in Belgian gem processing…

Reuters | March 27, 2023 | 8:26 am

Gemfields shares jump on record revenue for 2022

The Africa-focused emeralds and rubies miner posted a 2022 revenue…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2023 | 7:12 am

Burgundy buys Canada’s largest diamond operation

Burgundy Diamond Mines is buying Arctic Canadian, owner of the…

Staff Writer | March 14, 2023 | 8:28 am

Alrosa boosts cooperation with Congo after Angola leak

The world's largest diamond producer will build up its cooperation with state-controlled diamond company Bakwanga, known as MIBA.

Reuters | September 9, 2021 | 7:25 am

De Beers latest sale shows steady rebound in diamond market

The world’s top producer by value sold $515 million worth of rough diamonds, the largest figure for this time of year since 2016.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2021 | 7:25 am

Congo says 12 dead, 4,400 sick following Angola mine tailings leak

Congo will seek reparations in line with the "polluter pays" principle.

Reuters | September 2, 2021 | 12:33 pm

De Beers, National Geographic partner to protect Okavango Delta source waters

Partnership to support Botswana’s eco-tourism and water and food security.

MINING.com Editor | August 25, 2021 | 1:14 pm

Petra sells two rare diamonds for $13.5 million

The buyer is a partnership between Petra itself and the South African subsidiary of Stargems Group, which will cut and polish the stones locally.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 25, 2021 | 7:01 am

How nature recycles organic material to create diamonds

New research shows that some diamonds are made up of former living organisms that have been recycled more than 400 kilometres below the surface.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 24, 2021 | 6:06 am

Waste from Angola’s Catoca diamond mine leaked into waterways last month

Congolese researchers on Friday said pollution caused by a leak from a tailings dam had turned rivers red.

Reuters | August 23, 2021 | 9:21 am

Gem Diamonds sells Botswana unit for $4 million

The company's main asset in Botswana is the mothballed Ghaghoo imine, which it acquired from De Beers in 2007.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 23, 2021 | 3:53 am

Angola mine leak causes ‘unprecedented’ pollution in Congo rivers, researchers say

The discolouration of the waterways appears to have been caused by a toxic substance spill at an industrial diamond mine in Angola.

Reuters | August 20, 2021 | 1:40 pm

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