DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — River Ranch output hits record high Diamond production from the River Ranch mine in Zimbabwe reached record heights in 1995.

Redaurum (TSE) says output reached 225,516 carats, thanks partly to the comissioning of the phase III plant.

In November alone, a 65-carat diamond was mined.

The company anticipates production of 500,000 for 1996 — more than twice the level reached last year.

Meanwhile, at Redaurum’s Kelsey Lake project in Colorado, processing of the 70,000-tonne stockpile of kimberlite will continue over the winter months. The material will serve to maintain processing operations until mining resumes in April, after the winter shutdown.