Blimpin’ your ride
Last year, warm weather closed the ice road to the Diavik diamond mine on March 26 — a full two weeks earlier than usual. Diavik, a joint venture of Aber Diamond (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N,…
Diamonds
Suppliers News (September 24, 2007)
ABB to supply mine winders
Vaaldiam Resources strikes pink in Brazil (September 14, 2007)
With pink diamonds commanding some of the highest prices per carat ever paid, there was much back-slapping at the o…
Aber Diamond Corp. dazzles with second quarter results
Robust sales at Aber Diamond Corp.s (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) prestigious Harry Winston jewelry salons, coupled with solid p…
Getting in Early: Pebble Creek Mining
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) of Vancouver is banking on becoming the first foreign company and the first private-sector company to start up a new precious and base metals mine in India in more than fif…
Indicator Minerals scours Arctic for diamonds
When Bruce Counts, president and CEO of Indicator Minerals (IME-V, IMEEF-O), studied geology in university, his professors glossed over diamond exploration.
Editorial: Potash powers PCS
While the broad stock markets took a beating with the release of mixed U.S. economic data during the week ended July 29, the 30th trading week of 2007, the commodities markets continued to show underl…
Canada lacks diamond-savvy investors
When Bruce Counts, president and CEO of Indicator Minerals (IME-V), was in university, his professors merely glosse…
Mwana makes formal offer for SouthernEra
After five months of talk, Mwana Africa (MWA-L) has put forward a formal takeover bid for SouthernEra Diamonds (SDM…
Gem Diamonds bids for Kimberley (July 30, 2007)
Up-and-comer Gem Diamonds (GEMD-L) of the U.K. has tabled a friendly A70-per-share cash offer for Perth-based Kimberley Diamond Co. (KDC-L, KIM-A), valuing the Aussie junior producer at A$300-million…
1,266-carat diamond haul for Diagem (July 23, 2007)
Vancouver — Pilot-plant processing of 7,388 cubic metres of weathered kimberlite at Diagem’s (DGM-V, DGMRF-O) Collier-04 pipe on its Property 214, in Brazil, has returned 10,025 commercial-sized diam…
Latin carats in one basket
Vancouver — Subscribing to the philosophy “bigger is better,” emerging diamond producer Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-T, VAAFF-O) has announced plans to merge with Australian company Elkedra Diamonds (EDN-…