Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has extended its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine, in Botswana, for another 10 years. The contract will see Lucara’s +10.8 carat…
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Monday it had halted operations at its Williamson mine in Tanzania after a tailings storage facility burst, causing flooding in nearby areas. The company,…
The Kimberley Process (KP), an international scheme that certifies rough diamond exports, is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems. Members of the KP…
De Beers, the world’s top diamond producer by value, has appointed oil and energy industry executive Al Cook as its new chief executive to replace Bruce Cleaver, who leaves the top job after six…
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Tuesday it would resume paying a dividend and launch a US$150-million debt-cutting plan after stronger prices fuelled by sanctions on Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s…
An investigation is underway at the Gahcho Kué Mine site in the Northwest Territories following the death of a worker in an accident there on Thursday.Inspectors from the territorial Workers’…
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has recovered a 160-carat white Type IIa diamond at its prolific Lulo mine in Angola, the sixth-largest recovered at the operation to date. The diamond was found at the…
Primitive plants transformed what was once a Mars-like planet of barren rock into a world of life growing in organic-rich soils.
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) is moving towards the main shaft sinking phase of the underground expansion project at its Karowe mine in Botswana, which will extend the operation’s life for…
There are few things that are more alluring and exciting than a diamond — but one of them is a significant new diamond discovery. Now those are truly rare. In…
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has recovered a rare 170-carat pink diamond at its prolific Lulo mine, believed to be the largest of its kind found in Angola in the last 300…
The miner expects to produce 32m-34m carats, from 30m-33m carats thanks to what it calls “robust demand” from US customers.
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