Alrosa says global diamond sector “fully recovered” from pandemic hit
Alrosa, the world’s top diamond miner by output, says the industry has “fully recovered” from the Covid-19 pandemic as a structural production decline paired with…
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Bluerock shares jump on biggest diamond found at Kareevlei
BlueRock Diamonds (LSE: BRD) jumped more than 16% today after the miner announced it had found a 58.6-carat diamond at its Kareevlei mine, in Kimberley, South Africa. The stone…
Sandfire granted licence for copper mine in Botswana
Australia’s Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) has been granted a mining licence for its Motheo copper project in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt. The Perth-based miner said…
Canada’s Top Ten diamond companies
Canada is home to many diamond companies and some of the world’s best diamond mines. Here’s a list of the top ten diamond companies with…
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…
Rough diamond pricing: Learn the lessons of history or history will repeat itself
Suddenly, diamonds are looking interesting again. The cutbacks in diamond production last year, allied to the substantial fall in manufacturing capacity in India (the major…
Ekati to produce 4M carats in 2021 under new owners, Arctic Canadian Diamond
After a roller coaster of a year that almost forced an early end to the Ekati diamond mine, the operation’s new owners, Arctic Canadian Diamond…
Global Mining Symposium: Manitoba’s vast under-explored mineral wealth has much to offer, panel says
Manitoba has ranked in the top 20 of the Fraser Institute’s annual list of the most attractive mining jurisdictions for 21 of the last 23…
Pent-up weddings and stimulus could mean ‘generational consumer boom’ for diamonds
Global diamond production in 2020 fell by more than 20% to about 113 million carats due to planned production declines by the major producers and…
Botswana extends Lucara’s licence for Karowe to 2046
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) said Botswana has renewed the company’s mining licence for its Karowe mine for another 25 years, paving the way to fully move…
Lucapa kicks off 2021 with 113-carat diamond find at Lulo
It’s the seventeenth rock over 100 carats found at the Angolan mine.
Over 3,000 diamonds recovered from Star-Orion South project in Saskatchewan
Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) has recovered 3,534 diamonds weighing 210.68 carats from its ninth bulk sample trench excavated on the Star kimberlite at the Star-Orion…