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…
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Lucapa Diamond puts Merlin feasibility study on back burner
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has put a feasibility study for its Merlin project in Australia’s Northern Territory on hold due to what it called “unfavourable…
Lucapa finds Angola mine’s second-largest diamond
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has unearthed a 235-carat type IIa diamond from its prolific Lulo mine, the second-largest recovered at the Angola operation since it opened in 2015….
Lucapa finds Lulo mine’s third-largest diamond
The diamond is also the second 100-carat-plus stone Lucapa retrieved in October, following the recovery of a 123-carat, type IIa rough at the start of…
De Beers output drops amid Venetia mine transition
De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, saw production fall 23% to 7.4 million carats in the third quarter ended Sept. 30 as…
Petra Diamonds says supply curbs, India’s moratorium stabilizing market
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Tuesday that operations at its Cullinan and Finsch mines in South Africa, and the resumption of production at the…
Lucapa Diamonds names Selby as CEO and managing director
Australia’s Lucapa Diamonds (ASX: LOM) has appointed interim chief executive Nick Selby as its permanent CEO and managing director. Selby, an extraction metallurgist who joined Lucapa in…
Lucara Diamond ends HB Trading sale agreement
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has terminated its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine in Botswana, following a “material breach of financial commitments” by…
Researchers discover missing clue to find pink diamonds
Researchers from Curtin University have identified the missing third key ingredient needed to bring valuable pink diamonds to the Earth’s surface, which could be the…
Beaver Creek: Critical minerals shine at precious metals summit
The mining sector, a longstanding pillar of the global economy and even more important now with rising attention to critical metals and secure supply in…
De Beers trusts talks will avoid strike at Venetia mine
De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, said on Friday that trusts ongoing negotiations with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will prevent a…
Lucara unearths 692-carat diamond at Karowe mine in Botswana
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has recovered its fourth diamond weighing over 300 carats this year from its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana — a 692.3-carat…