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

Gem Diamonds’ Letšeng stays open during Lesotho lockdown

The country is going into a 14-day lockdown from midnight on Thursday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2021 | 10:05 am

ALROSA’s diamond sales drop 16% in 2020

Company's sales of rough and polished diamonds totaled $2,802 million.

Bruno Venditti | January 13, 2021 | 10:01 am

Petra Diamonds’ investors back restructuring

Majority approved plan includes reducing authorized share capital of the company by cutting the nominal value of all ordinary shares from 10p to 0.001p.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2021 | 7:15 am

Emesent technology helps Petra Diamonds save on ore pass remediation

Highly accurate point cloud data sets from a Hovermap scan allowed mine engineers to visualize the condition of ore passes for the first time and avoid spending $350,000, on remediation.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 11, 2021 | 6:49 am

Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies

The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.

MINING.com Editor | January 7, 2021 | 3:05 pm

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