Hundreds of hectares of pristine rainforest destroyed by illegal mining in VenezuelaA local NGO says that the destruction of Venezuela’s tropical rainforest by illegal miners and armed groups is done with authorities’ consent.Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 17, 2022 | 8:07 am
Billionaire Oppenheimer wins ban on mining at Zimbabwe farmSouth Africa’s second-richest man won a court order to temporarily…Bloomberg News | July 4, 2022 | 12:38 pm
Russia hits back at attempts to ‘politicize’ its diamondsCountry said attempts to question its compliance with the international…Reuters | June 29, 2022 | 7:53 am
Lucara strikes again with 378 carat diamond at Karowe The rock, the second 300 carat-plus found at the Botswana mine this year, could fetch over $15 million. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2021 | 3:45 am
Diamond trade is roaring back thanks to stuck-at-home shoppers The boom is being driven by bumper holiday jewelry sales, particularly in the vital US and Chinese markets. Bloomberg News | January 26, 2021 | 9:17 am
Mountain Province’s first diamond sale of 2021 shows 8% price rise Company‘s latest sales figures show the sparkle may be starting to return to the diamond sector. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 25, 2021 | 12:00 am
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Fire at Vale iron ore terminal could cut shipments by 32m tonnes; China’s imports of Australian copper ore plunged to zero; Kabanga, Tanzania to develop world’s largest nickel deposit MINING.com Editor | January 21, 2021 | 3:50 pm
Alrosa sees diamond demand uptick in 2021 The Russian miner saw sales grow more than three fold in the fourth quarter of 2020 to 17 million carats. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 21, 2021 | 7:39 am
De Beers raises diamond prices most in years Company implemented its biggest price increase for diamonds in years as the industry starts bouncing back from the pandemic-induced shutdown. Bloomberg News | January 19, 2021 | 8:13 am
Barrick’s Bristow to buy diamond miner Barrick Gold’s president and CEO would add beleaguered Rockwell Diamonds to his personal portfolio if the miner agrees to delist and be taken private. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2021 | 3:50 am
Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find The unbroken white diamond, recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, could fetch more than $10 million. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2021 | 3:59 am
Elite diamond-buying club shrinks as De Beers culls old clients De Beers has cut off some of its long-term diamond buyers, marking one of the biggest shakeups in the way the miner sells gems. Bloomberg News | January 13, 2021 | 12:04 pm