The post-pandemic period represents “the best diamond market in the better part of a decade,” Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) president and CEO Eira Thomas told delegates at The Northern Miner’s…
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Wednesday its Williamson mine in Tanzania would not resume production before the middle of 2023, following the partial collapse of a tailings storage facility…
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPV) has found a new kimberlite on the claims and leases surrounding its Gahcho Kué joint venture operation in the Northwest Territories, about 280 km northeast…
Africa-focused Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) racked up US$30.8 million in revenue from its latest emerald action, which included a massive cluster of emeralds weighing 187,775 carats (37,555 grams). The Kafubu…
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has extended its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine, in Botswana, for another 10 years. The contract will see Lucara’s +10.8 carat…
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Monday it had halted operations at its Williamson mine in Tanzania after a tailings storage facility burst, causing flooding in nearby areas. The company,…
The Kimberley Process (KP), an international scheme that certifies rough diamond exports, is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems. Members of the KP…
De Beers, the world’s top diamond producer by value, has appointed oil and energy industry executive Al Cook as its new chief executive to replace Bruce Cleaver, who leaves the top job after six…
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Tuesday it would resume paying a dividend and launch a US$150-million debt-cutting plan after stronger prices fuelled by sanctions on Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s…
An investigation is underway at the Gahcho Kué Mine site in the Northwest Territories following the death of a worker in an accident there on Thursday.Inspectors from the territorial Workers’…
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has recovered a 160-carat white Type IIa diamond at its prolific Lulo mine in Angola, the sixth-largest recovered at the operation to date. The diamond was found at the…
Primitive plants transformed what was once a Mars-like planet of barren rock into a world of life growing in organic-rich soils.
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