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Karowe Yields Rare Blue and Pink Diamonds

October 02, 2019 / www.diamonds.net

RAPAPORT... Lucara Diamond Corp has recovered two gem-quality coloreddiamonds from the high-value portion of its Karowe mine in Botswana. The company unearthed a 9.74-carat blue diamond and a4.13-carat pink from run-of-mine ore taken from the south lobe. The recovery follows the recent sale of a 2.24-carat blue from thesite for $347,222 per carat, the miner said last week. Lastmonth, the comp...Read More

Get Hitched at Helzberg

October 02, 2019 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Helzberg Diamonds is offering the ultimate wedding service for engaged couples - a wedding service. The jewelry retailer has ordained hundreds of its associates across the U.S. enabling all Helzberg Diamonds stores to perform legal marriage ceremonies.The associates have been ordained through a partnership with the Universal Life Church. To get married in-store, couples need t...Read More

Zim Diamonds and DRC Gold Feature on U.S. Forced Labor List

October 02, 2019 / www.idexonline.com

(IDEX Online) - Diamonds from Zimbabwe and gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are among items from five countries seized at U.S. borders over suspicions of forced labor. In a statement released yesterday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) singled out gold mined in artisanal small mines (ASM) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and rough diamonds from the...Read More

Modern, sustainable mining can build thriving communities - Anglo

October 02, 2019 / www.miningweekly.com

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Modern, sustainable and innovative mining was capable of building thriving mining communities that were healthier, better educated and employed in greater numbers, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani said on Wednesday when he delivered a keynote address at the Joburg Indaba.Cutifani said communities and governments wanted the company to partner with them to ach...Read More

Cutifani inducted into South African Mining Hall of Fame

October 02, 2019 / www.miningweekly.com

Global diversified miner Anglo American CE Mark Cutifani has been inducted into the South African Mining Hall of Fame for his contribution to the industry over the last 12 years.Anglo American South Africa has about 50 000 employees, working at own- and subsidiary operations in the diamonds, platinum-group metals, iron-ore and coal sectors, across the country.AdvertisementThe Joburg Indaba So...Read More

Zimbabwe rejects US claim that diamond mine uses forced labour

October 02, 2019 / www.miningweekly.com

JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe accused the US of ignorance after the US Customs and Border Protection announced it’s blocking rough diamond imports from the Marange fields because they were produced with forced labor.“It’s unfortunate that the US authorities have been misinformed or misled to believe that Zimbabwe is mining diamonds through forced labor,” government spokesma...Read More

Keck Foundation grants Mines, DU $1M for quantum research

October 02, 2019 / www.minesnewsroom.com

Colorado School of Mines and the University of Denver have received a highly prestigious $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation in support of an inter-university research project that could potentially culminate in a new path toward quantum computing.The work of Mark Lusk, professor of physics at Mines, and Mark Siemens, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the...Read More

Hochschild diversifies into rare earths with Chile acquisition

October 02, 2019 / www.northernminer.com

Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has mined precious metal epithermal vein deposits in South America for nearly 50 years, and operates three underground mines: two in southern Peru, and one in southern Argentina. The mines produced 245,325 equivalent oz. gold, or 19.9 million equivalent oz. silver, in the first half of 2019, the second-highest production figures in the company's history.So investors co...Read More

BHP needs a visionary

October 02, 2019 / www.mining-journal.com

White Gold turns heads as exploration steps up a gearSPONSOREDwhite gold corpSilver Mines times Bowdens to perfectionSPONSOREDsilver mines limitedPoster South Africa mine regeneration on trackSPONSOREDorion mineralsLean mining and the fourth industrial revolutionSPONSOREDdassault systemesIt is often quoted that humans are appalling at making predictions, especially about the future.Read More