Articles by Alisha Hiyate


Diamonds from De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds' Gahcho Kue mine.

Gahcho Kué achieves commercial production

Seven months after turning out its first diamonds last August, De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds’ (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD) Gahcho Kué mine in the Northwest Territories began commercial production…









De Beers' Orapa mine in Botswana. Credit: De Beers

Diamond Association targets millennials

The Diamond Producers’ Association (DPA) is aiming its first marketing campaign squarely at millennials. The campaign, launched in October, consists of two tag lines: “Real is Rare” and “Real is…


Bob Gannicott. Credit: Angela Gzowski

Bob Gannicott’s lasting legacy

Robert Gannicott, the man who built Canada’s largest diamond mining company,  Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) and a pioneer of Canada’s diamond scene for 25 years, has died. Gannicott…


Drilling at the CH-7 kimberlite at Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project, in Nunavut. Credit: Peregrine Diamonds

Peregrine eyes first production by 2021

Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD) hopes to have its Chidliak project producing diamonds by 2021, as outlined in a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) released in July. Chidliak sits 120 km northeast…


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