Lucara sells Clara diamond sales platform to HRA and former CEO Eira Thomas
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) is selling its Clara rough diamond sales platform to its original founders, a group led by the HRA Group of companies…
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Rio Tinto starts underground production at A21 pipe at Diavik diamond mine
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) says it’s begun commercial production from a new underground development at its Diavik diamond mine, in the Northwest Territories, after completing…
Burgundy Diamond halts Sable expansion plans at Ekati in Northwest Territories
Burgundy Diamond Mines (ASX: BDM), owner of the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, says it has pulled plans for underground mining at the…
Rio Tinto offers early termination to Diavik diamond workers in Northwest Territories: report
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is offering early termination for employees at its Diavik diamond mine, Canada’s largest gem producer, as part…
Gem Diamonds’ Letšeng mine yields 212.9-carat stone
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has found yet another big precious stone at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho, the third greater than 100-carat…
Lucara unearths sixth diamond larger than 1,000 carats at Karowe mine
Last month, the miner unearthed the second-largest diamond ever found.
Gem Diamonds unearths 126.2-carat stone from Letšeng mine in southern Africa
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has unearthed yet another large white diamond at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho. The 126.21 carat type II white…
Diamond finds could extend NWT’s Misery mine ‘well past 2026,’ Burgundy says
Results from summer drilling at Burgundy Diamond’s (ASX: BDM) Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories could help extend production at the underground Misery mine much…
Gem Diamonds finds 122.2-carat stone at Letšeng mine
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has unearthed yet another massive diamond white diamond at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho, just days after another major find. The…
Gahcho Kué diamond mine life extended to 2031
A resource and reserve update from Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD) reveals the plant at the Gahcho Kué mine will be recovering stones into 2031, a…
Lucara finds world’s 2nd largest diamond ever mined
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC), has dug up a 2,492-carat diamond from its prolific Karowe mine in Botswana, the world’s second-largest stone ever mined by…
Lucara sales offer hope to struggling diamond sector
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) saw its sales and earnings climb in the second quarter of the year, supported mainly by its recently revived supply deal…