De Beers Rakes US$540 Million From Cycle 1 Of 2016
De Beers said its first rough diamond sales of year improved dramatically from the last sight of 2015 buoyed by…
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ALROSA Production Projected At 39 Million Carats In 2016
ALROSA, the Russian partially state-owned diamond mining company said its rough diamond sales are planned at the level of USD…
GIA Expands Lab In Botswana
Gem and jewellery industry leaders and top government officials – including U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana Earl…
Element Six Begins Patent Infringement Litigation Against Iia Technologies
Element Six Technologies Ltd has begun (12 January 2016) legal action in Singapore against IIa Technologies Pte. Ltd alleging…
Pangolin Diamonds Recovers 8th White Diamond At Botswana Project
Pangolin Diamonds Corp. said it has recovered an eighth diamond from the Company’s wholly-owned Malatswae Diamond Project , in an…
Michael Lynch-Bell Joins Gem Diamonds Board
Gem Diamonds Limited has announced the appointment of Michael Lynch-Bell as an independent non-Executive Director with effect from 16 December…
Debswana Revises 2016 Production To 20 million Carats
De Beers said its Botswana unit; Debswana has slashed production guidance for next year as demand for rough diamonds continues…
Nimesh Patel Named De Beers Chief Financial Officer
Diamond mining giant, De Beers said it has appointed Nimesh Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Nimesh succeeds Gareth Mostyn, who…
Lucara Forecasts Increase In Production Costs At Karowe Mine
Lucara Diamond, the operators of Karowe mine in Botswana, has adjusted operating cash costs at its key asset to factor…
De Beers Offloads Kimberley Mines To Ekapa Minerals
De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM), a 26% BEE (black economic empowered) company, has signed an agreement to sell Kimberley Mines…