Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Ekati, Canada’s first and only diamond mine, is the largest supplier of rough diamonds to the global market by value outside of De Beers. As other projects such as Diavik, Snap Lake and Jericho come o…

Recent developments in the diamond industry are hinting that the diamond market may have seen the last of single-channel supply.The shape of the new market may have broken the surface in July when De …

Diamond exploration in central Canada is getting its second wind following a number of promising developments.Although Ontario and Quebec were hopping in the mid-1990s, when financing for diamond expl…

After spending about US$16.5 million to explore the Verkhotina diamond licence near the White Sea in northwestern Russia, Archangel Diamond (AAD-V) is unable to advance the project because of an ongoi…

In July, Guyanor Ressources (GRL.B-T) and partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N) completed a sampling program at the Dachine diamond property in French Guiana.The partners processed more than 715 tonnes of diamond…

While the hunt for prairie diamonds has slowed somewhat from mid-1990s, the search is being kept alive by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T), which is still plugging away at kimberlite targets at its vas…

De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) confirms that it has acquired more than 96.2% of the shares of Winspear Diamonds as the result of its $5.00-per-share takeover bid.De Beers will now invoke the co…

Less than three weeks after being delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange for failing to meet the required $2-million market capitalization, Philex Gold (PGI-V) has seen the market value of its stock…

Trial mining by Global Diamond Resources (GDRS-O) has yielded gemstones that sold for an average price of US$1,443 per carat from the Grasdrif alluvial diamond property on the South African side of th…

Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average fell 443.94 points, or 3.9%, during the report period ended Sept. 19 to close at 10,789.29 amid inflationary fears.The price of gold edged off slightly to US…

Although it slipped into the red during the second quarter, Viceroy Resource (VOY-T) hopes to return to profitability in the second half of the year by increasing production and cutting costs.Viceroy …

The law is supposed to be based on precedent, and judges are supposed to rely on qualified experts and consider the public good when they weigh the arguments of defendants and plaintiffs. Yet when it …