Rio Tinto raises Yukon copper project stake, cuts diamond plan interest
Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is reshuffling its interests in two Canadian projects as it seeks to focus on green energy metals such as copper. Rio Tinto is spending…
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Rio Tinto puts Star-Orion JV with Star Diamond on hold
Shares of Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) fell by more than 50% on June 29, after the company announced that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) had exercised its…
Rio Tinto and Star Diamond make peace
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and Canadian junior Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) have reached an agreement to end a long drawn out dispute over the development of…
Diamonds Snapshot: Eight Canadian companies ready for discovery
After a difficult 2020 that saw a near shutdown of the diamond market for half the year as a result of pandemic-related travel restrictions, diamond prices have bounced back in…
Diamonds Snapshot: Seven small diamond producers and explorers to watch
The Covid-19 pandemic has choked off revenue for diamond producers and funding for diamond juniors for much of the year. But with the diamond trade slowly starting to reopen and…
Star Diamond reports sample results as Rio Tinto legal battle looms
Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) has begun to receive results from Rio Tinto‘s bulk-sampling program at the Star-Orion South project in central Saskatchewan. Rio so far has processed material from four…
Top 10 Canadian-headquartered diamond companies
The Northern Miner presents the top-ten Canadian-headquartered diamond companies ranked by market capitalization as of late-June. 1. Lucara Diamond Market capitalization: US$185.6 million Lucara Diamond’s (TSX: LUC) key asset is…
Rio Tinto unveils new tech for bulk sample at Star
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has completed its 2019 bulk sampling program at Star Diamond’s (TSX: DIAM) Star-Orion South diamond project, 60 km east of Prince Albert, in central…
Diamonds Symposium explores industry challenges and solutions
The second annual Diamonds in Canada Symposium, organized by The Northern Miner, took place in Toronto in June. This year’s featured speakers included Chris Jennings, chairman of North Arrow Minerals,…
Top-10 diamond companies in Canada
The Northern Miner has compiled a list of the top-10 diamond companies with headquarters in Canada, ordered by market capitalization, as of early July 2019. 1. Lucara Diamond Market cap:…
Rio Tinto uses novel technology to test Star
In early June, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) began a planned bulk sample program at Star Diamond’s (TSX: DIAM) Star-Orion South diamond project, 60 km east of Prince Albert,…
Star Diamond investor presentation by George H. Read at CMS 2019
Star Diamond senior vice president, exploration and development George H. Read gives an investor presentation on the company’s recent developments at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London on May 22,…