RAPAPORT... Pandora has lowered its revenue expectations for the thirdtime this year following a disappointing quarter, and will implement a new programto cut costs. The Danish retailer had an "unsatisfactory" third quarter,with global sales down 4% year on year to DKK 4.98 billion ($761.5 million). Theretailer has therefore reduced its full-year revenue-growth outlook to between2% and 4%, fr...Read More
Russia's Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) just recovered the first large gem-quality rough diamond from its Verkhne-Munskoe deposit, which recently launched operations in Western Yakutia.In a press release, the world's top diamond producer said the transparent round-shaped octahedron crystal with insignificant yellow hue was recovered from Zapolyarnaya pipe - one of four kimberlite pipes of the deposit. The dep...Read More
European prices for mesh-quality wire rod were flat across the Northern and Southern parts of the continent on Wednesday November 7, with market participants becoming increasingly concerned over the state of the EU's import quotas.Fastmarkets' weekly domestic price assessments for mesh-quality wire rod in both Southern and Northern Europe were ?,?535-560 ($611-639) per tonne delivered on Wednesday...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lev Leviev faces questioning over diamond-smugglingallegations that have led to six of his relatives and employees being arrested,according to reports.Israeli police detained Zevulun and Moshe Leviev, thetycoon's son and brother, who ran a factory that Lev Leviev owned, according toThe Times of Israel. The other four suspects held senior positions in thetycoon's companies, the report s...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucapa Diamond Company and Bonas-Couzyn are to tender production from the Mothae mine in Lesotho in Antwerp. Mothae is located in the diamond-rich Maluti Mountains within 5km of Letseng, the world's highest US$ per carat kimberlite diamond mine. Lucapa owns 70% of the high-value Mothae kimberlite project in Lesotho in partnership with the government of Lesotho (30%)....Read More
Anglo American Plc is going where larger rivals fear to tread, returning to its African roots to tap mineral assets with compelling returns.The storied mining company, founded by Ernest Oppenheimer in Johannesburg a century ago, is devoting a third of its exploration budget to the continent, including searching for copper and cobalt in Angola and Zambia. In South Africa, it's investing in platinum...Read More
The newly commissioned Verkhne-Munskoe deposit, in western Yakutia, has yielded its first large diamond, Russian miner Alrosa reported on Wednesday, announcing the recovery of a 51.49 ct rough diamond.The transparent round-shaped octahedron crystal has an insignificant yellow hue and measures 23 mm by 22 mm by 15 mm.Advertisement"It is the first rough diamond over 50 carats from Verkhnyaya Mu...Read More
(IDEX Online) - ALROSA said it has recovered the first large gem-quality rough diamond from Verkhne-Munskoe deposit that was commissioned on October 31. The transparent round-shaped octahedron crystal with insignificant yellow hue was recovered from Zapolyarnaya pipe - one of four kimberlite pipes at the deposit. The 51.49-carat rough diamond measures 23 by 22 by 15 mm. The approximate age...Read More
Botswana Diamonds (LON:BOD) has signed a contract with Palaeo Minerals covering full-scale mining activity at the Thorny River project in South Africa, which the company believes will become its first operating mine.The agreement, which sees Botswana Diamonds handing over control to the contractor, will allow the company to self-fund the project from bulk sampling through to mine development, it s...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Vicenza's Museo del Gioiello jewelry museum - a project promoted by the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) in partnership with Vicenza Municipality - is changing its entire collection. The new collection features 310 unique exhibits, many of which belong to private collections that are not usually accessible to the public or to sector insiders. The Museo del Gioiello is...Read More
Chris Wibbelman has joined warehouse and logistics firm Istim Metals as its president, based in Detroit. He will report into Istim Metals chief executive officer Michael Whelan and will be responsible for global strategy and development. The move reunites Wibbelman with Michael and Bill Whelan, with the latter being the co-founder of warehousing and...Read More
The share price of diversified junior Savannah Resources jumped 6% on Wednesday on news of three newly discovered pegmatites at the Pinheiro deposit at the Mina do Barroso (MdB) lithium project, in northern Portugal.Pinheiro is now the fourth major deposit in the mining lease and has the potential to increase the mineral resource estimate to more than 20-million tonnes, for over 200 000 t of...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Richline Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, is partnering with JCPenney and Macy's to introduce Grown With Love, lab grown diamonds this holiday season. "The category of lab grown diamonds is revolutionizing the diamond industry. As the name implies, these diamonds are grown in a lab and are chemically, physically and optically identical to mined diamond...Read More
The tin premium in Europe softened from its highest level since January 2017 due to a market shift to longer-term supply solutions despite remaining elevated on Indonesian supply concerns, while both US and Chinese premiums held ground on steady spot business and sufficient supply. European premiums ease while market finds supply solutions US participants look to 2019 contracts China'...Read More
Quebec miner Stornoway Diamonds is investigating a potential new openpit at the Renard diamond mine, which earlier this year transitioned to underground operations.The new openpit being studied is located at the Renard 4 and nearby Renard 9 kimberlites and will supply ore feed earlier in the mine life. Such a pit, the company said on Wednesday, would allow the extraction of about two-million carat...Read More
Fasmarkets' fob Australia alumina index declined for the eighth trading day in a row on Wednesday October 7, falling back to levels not seen since before Hydro declared force majeure at the Alunorte refinery in Brazil in April. The benchmark daily fob Australia alumina index was calculated at $428.75 per tonne on Wednesday, down from $430 per tonne on Tuesday and 8.98% lower week on week from...Read More
JOHANNESBURG – Anglo American is going where larger rivals fear to tread, returning to its African roots to tap mineral assets with compelling returns.The storied mining company, founded by Ernest Oppenheimer in Johannesburg a century ago, is devoting a third of its exploration budget to the continent, including searching for copper and cobalt in Angola and Zambia.AdvertisementIn South Afri...Read More
The De Beers Group Designers Initiative is inviting jewellery designers to participate in the 2018/19 Shining Light Awards, which will, for the first time, be open to Canadian participants.The latest edition of this biannual jewellery design competition, which has existed for over 22 years in South Africa and for more than ten years in Botswana and Namibia, will be held under the theme of heroines...Read More
The results of the mid-term elections to the United States Congress may have a palpable effect on aluminium prices globally, although what that effect may be was not immediately clear.As of 8am US Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday November 7, the Democratic Party had won 219 seats in the government's lower House of Representatives, achieving a majority for their party for the first time since 201...Read More
X-ray transmission (XRT) technology has ushered in a new era for diamond recovery, with an increasing number of mining companies embracing the technology and scaling back on the use of conventional technologies, such as dense-media separation, for the treatment of middle- and coarse-sized material, according to engineering and project management consultancy Imilingo Mineral Processing.“The e...Read More