Diamond Top Stories

Covering mining’s projects, people, and sticky challenges

This will be my last editorial for The Northern Miner after 19 years here, and with its sister publications. In December, I’m […]

Alisha Hiyate | November 27, 2024 | 1:40 pm

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining…

Henry Lazenby | October 18, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Covert forms of sexual harassment remain an issue in Western Australia’s mining industry – study

Being put down or condescended to based on gender, and…

Staff Writer | March 14, 2024 | 6:06 am

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Geologists from ETH Zurich and the University of Melbourne have…

Staff Writer | February 11, 2024 | 6:06 am

Brazilian government, miners join forces to improve security in gold mining areas

The Brazilian Institute of Mining (Ibram) joined forces with the…

Staff Writer | January 7, 2024 | 8:00 am

Mountain Province to sell coloured 151-ct diamond from Gahcho Kué

Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; OTC: MPVDF) is offering a rough 151.6-carat yellow octahedral diamond of exceptional clarity at its upcoming September […]

Marilyn Scales | August 31, 2022 | 10:57 am

The Australian diamonds that no one can see

Researchers working at the Clarke River Fault, west of Paluma in north Queensland, found the first metamorphic diamonds in rocks in Australia. […]

Staff Writer | August 3, 2022 | 6:06 am

De Beers Canada fined $350,000 for 2017 Snap Lake diesel spill

De Beers Canada has been fined $350,000 by Canada’s Environment and Climate Change (ECCC) ministry for a diesel spill at the Snap […]

Jackson Chen | July 26, 2022 | 11:03 am

Fifty-thousand-year-old diamonds may be used to design ultra-hard yet malleable electronics

An international team of scientists discovered that diamonds formed during a high-energy shock wave from an asteroid collision around 50,000 years ago […]

Staff Writer | July 24, 2022 | 8:00 am

Hundreds of hectares of pristine rainforest destroyed by illegal mining in Venezuela

Over 1,200 hectares of pristine rainforest in Venezuela’s southern Bolívar state have been destroyed by unregulated mining operations and other illegal activities […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2022 | 8:07 am

PDAC 2022: Promising diamond, gold exploration might fill economic void after diamond mines close, says NWT industry minister

The planned closure of three producing diamond mines in the Northwest Territories in the next few years will open a gap in […]

Blair McBride | June 16, 2022 | 11:00 am

Star Diamond trench cutter sampling confirms abundance of Type IIa diamonds at Star kimberlite

Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) has completed a study into the abundance of Type IIa diamonds in the trench cutter diamond parcels recovered […]

Jackson Chen | June 1, 2022 | 9:41 am

Africa’s domestic mining sector not severely impacted by sanctions against Russia – report

More severe-than-expected sanctions against Russia will disrupt Russian mining activities in Sub‑Saharan Africa without having a serious negative impact on domestic mining […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2022 | 11:56 am

Mountain Province discovers kimberlite in three target areas at Kennady North

Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; OTC: MPVD) has released interim exploration results for its 100%-held Kennady North project in Northwest Territories, consisting […]

Jackson Chen | May 17, 2022 | 12:01 pm

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Covering mining’s projects, people, and sticky challenges

How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust

Covert forms of sexual harassment remain an issue in Western Australia’s mining industry – study

New method could simplify detection of diamond deposits

Brazilian government, miners join forces to improve security in gold mining areas

Mountain Province to sell coloured 151-ct diamond from Gahcho Kué

The Australian diamonds that no one can see

De Beers Canada fined $350,000 for 2017 Snap Lake diesel spill

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