The markets continue to be tough for diamond companies at nearly every stage, with diamond prices having taken a tumble in 2012. Here’s a look at how diamond companies are…
In the 1990s, Aber Diamond was one of the first to join Canada’s diamond rush, set off by the discovery of diamonds in the Northwest Territories by Dia Met Minerals…
As Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) makes progress on the all-weather road that will give it the access it needs to begin construction at its Renard diamond project in north-central Quebec, the…
Dominion Diamond’s (DDC-T, DDC-N) fourth-quarter and year-end results for fiscal 2013 reveal an improving diamond market in the final quarter of last year, with rough prices increasing by 11%. Sales…
Whither the diamond? It’s a good question. Ask the man on the street about the diamond industry, and he’ll insist that it couldn’t be going better — hell, diamonds are…
Since Canada’s second diamond mine, Diavik, went into production in 2003, its 40% owner — at that time known as Aber Diamond — has been looking for other quality diamond…
Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) and De Beers completed ice road deliveries to the Gahcho Kué diamond joint venture, 300 km northeast of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, at the…
Lucara Diamond (LUC-T) has discovered several spectacular diamonds — including four rare blue gems — since it started full production at its Karowe mine, in Botswana, last August. Lucara has…
At the end of last year, the University of British Columbia’s Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) stopped offering the Sheahan-MDRU literature service, and the service’s founder, Patricia Sheahan, is now…
In January, mine-finder Chuck Fipke was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. Fipke’s hard work, perseverance and innovative exploration techniques led to the discovery of Canada’s first diamond…
VANCOUVER — News of a 26% capital-cost increase and six-month delay in start-up at the Legacy potash mine in Saskatchewan drove owner K+S AG’s share price to a five-month low, but the German fertilizer giant remains confident that…
Is it possible to build a potash mine right beside Arizona’s treasured Petrified Forest National Park? Vancouver-based Passport Potash (PPI-V) believes so, and has in hand a new preliminary economic assessment that’s giving it the…
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