Diamond Fields International aims to follow the steps of Debmarine Namibia - a 50/50 joint venture between the Government and De Beers, which has been mining sea diamonds off the southern coast since its inception in 2002. (Image: Aerial images of the Debmarine Atlantic. Courtesy of Diamond
Canada's Diamcor Mining (TSX-V:DMI) announced this week not so positive results from the tender and sale of rough diamonds recovered from its 5,888-hectares Krone-Endora project in South Africa, located next to De Beers' Venetia mine, the world's third largest. "The Company sold 4,353.91 carats of
Puzzling questions in the Botswana diamond mining sector at present concern which company has just walked away from buying Gem Diamonds' Ghaghoo mine as well as the identities of the "other interested parties" that Gem says it is still in discussion with. A prime suspect initially was London-listed
The yellowish diamond is also one of the largest found in recent years at mines in southern Africa, closely behind Lucara Diamond's (TSX:LUC) 1,111-carat rock discovered in Botswana in 2015. It was sold to luxury jeweller Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds, a British multinational jeweller based
Africa-focused Gem Diamonds' (LON:GEMD) has found a 202-carat rough diamond at its flagship Let??eng mine in Lesotho, bringing the number of 100-carat-plus stones the company has found this year to seven. The recovery of the D-color, type-IIa diamond, said the company, comes after it switched to the
The RJC visited Alrosa's main production sites Mirny, Aikhal and Udachny, as well as the company's subsidiaries Alrosa-Nyurba, Almazy Anabara and Severalmaz, diamond sorting centers in Mirny and Arkhangelsk. The visits were part of a months-long sustainability audit that looked into the world's top
Pouroulis adds that "diamond mining tends to have a much smaller footprint, as our orebodies are vertical, not horizontal [and therefore affect less of the surrounding area]. In Petra's case, we have established protected habitats adjacent to our operations, totalling 10,255 hectares, to ensure preservation of
Russia's most expensive diamond ever polished in the country, a giant 51.4-carat gem part of the iconic Dynasty collection, has failed to sell in an online auction held this week. Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world's top diamond miner by output, said it didn't receive a high enough offer for the impressive gem,
Following today's announcement by the Prince of Wales about his second son's engagement, the press went crazy trying to find out the details about the ring that Prince Harry gave to his fianc?(C), the American actress Meghan Markle. Designed by the Prince himself, the jewel features a yellow gold band and
If the discussion of women in the diamond-mining sector were taking place in the early 1990s, chances are, it would be less a discussion and more of a question: "What women?" But in 2002, the South African Mining Charter introduced quotas for mining companies, requiring that 10% of their staff be female
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