Diamond Top Stories

Market value of top 50 mining companies surge $335 billion during Q1 2022

Extreme volatility on metal and mining markets continued into 2022 amid historically low stockpiles of metal on global exchanges, but for most […]

Frik Els | April 8, 2022 | 1:46 pm

World’s top diamond miner Alrosa hit by US sanctions

The measure against the Russian state-owned diamond miner seeks to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2022 | 3:37 am

Zimbabwe mines see $10 billion funding shortfall over five years

While Zimbabwe has the world’s third-biggest reserves of platinum-group metals,…

Bloomberg News | April 5, 2022 | 9:14 am

Lab-grown ultra-uniform nanodiamonds now a reality

Ultra-uniform nanodiamonds are crucial for drug delivery, sensors and quantum…

Staff Writer | April 4, 2022 | 6:06 am

Mountain Province shares rise to 12-month high on diamond recovery

Rough diamond sales price index rose 62% in 2021.

Henry Lazenby | March 29, 2022 | 11:09 am

Nunavut diamond-gold deposit mirrors SA’s Witwatersrand Goldfields

Researchers discovered diamonds in an outcrop atop an unrealized gold deposit in Canada’s Nunavut territory.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 13, 2020 | 6:30 am

Lucapa Diamond restarts Mothae mine in Lesotho

The company said it plans to escalate operations at the mine to 75% capacity as some covid-19 restrictions remain in place.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 9, 2020 | 7:37 am

Alrosa diamonds can now be examined remotely

The world’s top diamond miner by output said its recently upgraded video-viewer platform is proving useful during the pandemic.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 9, 2020 | 6:15 am

Gold price rally lifts value of top 50 mining companies above $1 trillion for the first time

The Top 50 most valuable mining companies added $80.2 billion in market capitalization over the three months to end September.

MINING.com Editor | October 8, 2020 | 9:24 am

Canadian “flawless” diamond sets online record of $15.7m at auction

The buyer, an unnamed Japanese man, bought the stone for his second daughter and has already renamed it after her — The Maiko Star.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 5, 2020 | 4:15 pm

South African union threatens strike at coal and diamond mines

NUM threatened to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro and Petra Diamonds after failing to reach wage agreements.

Reuters | October 2, 2020 | 8:27 am

Sierra Leone court lifts Octea asset freeze after complaint thrown out

Ruling relates to only one of several legal complaints against the BSGR subsidiary.

Reuters | October 1, 2020 | 5:34 am

Lucapa’s sale fresh sign of diamond market recovery

The miner and its partners in Angola have sold $5.6 million worth of diamonds from the Lulo mine, in a fresh sign that the market is slowly improving.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2020 | 7:07 am

Venezuelan opposition party demands environmentally friendlier mining operations

Encuentro Ciudadano is preparing a report aimed at informing discussions currently underway to modify the country’s mining law.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 27, 2020 | 7:00 am

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