Mountain Province bounces back as diamond demand returns
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPV; US-OTC: MPVD) saw profit jump in the second quarter of the year as consumer demand for precious stones returned and Covid-19 cases dropped at its…
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Petra fetches over US$40 million for 39-carat blue diamond
At $1,021,357 per carat, is the highest price has achieved for a single stone.
Glencore leads miners group in cobalt blockchain pilot
Mining and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has joined forces with battery material supplier Umicore and other major miners to trace the cobalt they produce using blockchain technology. The group,…
Arctic Star unearths new kimberlites at Diagras
Since beginning drilling this year at its Diagras joint-venture project in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, earlier this month, Arctic Star Exploration (TSXV: ADD) has already found two new kimberlites….
Pent-up weddings and stimulus could mean ‘generational consumer boom’ for diamonds
Global diamond production in 2020 fell by more than 20% to about 113 million carats due to planned production declines by the major producers and pandemic-related suspensions and curtailments. The…
Diamond market shows signs of revival
After being virtually shut down since March, the diamond market has slowly come back to life. This fall, De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, has reported a…
Mountain Province resumes diamond sales in Antwerp
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; US-OTC: MPVD) held its first traditional diamond sale since the coronavirus pandemic began on Sept. 19 in Antwerp. And while the sales figures are modest,…
Diamond sales bounce, but still in ‘intensive care’
De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, revealed today that it made about three times as many sales of roughs in the seventh sales cycle of the year…
Miners use on-site testing to keep operations coronavirus-free
Timothy Ray Sewell is no stranger to pandemics. In the early 2000s, he developed emergency management plans in Indonesia and Borneo for BHP Billiton during the H1N1 influenza pandemic and…
Dominion Diamond sues partner in Diavik mine
Dominion Diamond Mines is suing DDMI, its associate in the iconic Diavik mine and a subsidiary of Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO), for alleged breach of contract and acting…
Lucara’s digital sales platform poised for growth during Covid-19
Since its first sale through its Clara sales platform in late 2018, Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has sold US$12.1 million worth of diamonds using the digital technology. The sales platform…
India-based diamond processing hub re-opens at lower volumes
After being closed for almost two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the diamond manufacturing hub of Surat, India, where most of the world’s rough diamonds are cut and polished,…