De Beers’ diamond sales plunge on slow Asian demand, restricted supply
Tough economic conditions in China and India cut rough diamond sales by De Beers by 80% from a year ago as the company continued to keep stones off the market,…
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Robots enhance prospectors’ role as GeologicAI and peers scan drill core assays
GeologicAI, a Canadian tech company with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) as a client and the backing of the Bill Gates-funded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is part of a…
Lucara Diamond to replace CEO Eira Thomas
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) announced Monday the company will appoint William Lamb as president and chief executive officer and a director, replacing Eira Thomas. Thomas co-founded Lucara in 2007, with…
Lucara loses lustre as diamond production, sales disappoint
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC; BSE: LUC) has reported lower production and sales figures during the March quarter as mine sequencing and persisting soft market conditions weighed on the bottom line,…
Storm Mountain Diamonds finds giant pink rock in Lesotho
Storm Mountain Diamonds (SMD), jointly owned by Namakwa Diamonds and the government of Lesotho, has recovered a 108.39-carat fancy pink diamond at its Kao mine in the Southern African country. …
2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey
Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry firms. Despite shared concerns, there…
Resource nationalism on the rise, says VRIC’s Jay Martin, as mining juniors head to Vancouver
There’s no denying the world is an entirely different place compared with a year ago, says Cambridge House International’s president and CEO, Jay Martin, as more than 300 mining juniors…
Analysts forecast a mixed bag for commodities amid global 2023 slowdown
Given the tumultuous past two years that saw global markets ebb and flow to extreme degrees, it’s perhaps no surprise that the only thing that’s certain about the 2023 outlook…
Anglo American takes on an industry-first sustainability-linked loan
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has agreed to a US$100 million, 10-year loan from the International Finance Corporation in what is understood to be the mining industry’s first known sustainability-linked financing…
Alrosa nixes dividend as economic sanctions bite
The board of Russian diamond major Alrosa (MCX: ALRS) has suggested shareholders vote to receive no dividend for 2021 during the upcoming general meeting. Alrosa reported a net profit of…
GMS: Quebec ready to partner with critical mineral explorers and developers
Backed by its recent actions in the critical minerals space, the Quebec government laid out a strong case for why mineral exploration and mining development in the francophone province is…
JV Article: Golden Share Resources bolsters team to advance properties in Ontario’s Ring of Fire
Golden Share Resources (TSXV: GSH) is exploring for diamonds and precious and base metals in Ontario. The Canadian junior owns properties close to Ontario’s Ring of Fire, an emerging mining district…