Diamond Top Stories

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

Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining industry with a costly problem. It’s one Guy Desharnais, Osisko Gold Royalties’ […]

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

Researchers find missing clue to finding pink diamonds

Researches from Curtin University have identified the missing third key…

Staff Writer | September 20, 2023 | 7:00 am

Latest Stories

ALROSA’s diamond sales drop 16% in 2020

Company's sales of rough and polished diamonds totaled $2,802 million.

Bruno Venditti | January 13, 2021 | 6:01 pm

Petra Diamonds’ investors back restructuring

Majority approved plan, which includes reducing authorized share capital of the company by cutting the nominal value of all ordinary shares from 10p to 0.001p.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2021 | 7:15 am

Emesent technology helps Petra Diamonds save on ore pass remediation

Highly accurate point cloud data sets from a Hovermap scan allowed Petra Diamonds’ mine engineers to visualize the condition of orepasses for […]

Alisha Hiyate | January 11, 2021 | 4:49 pm

Stretched diamonds may be key for next-gen microelectronics

Strained diamonds may be prime candidates for advanced functional devices in microelectronics.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2021 | 9:21 pm

Worker at Ekati diamond mine in Canada’s north tests positive for covid-19

Dominion Diamond Mines said contact tracing has been performed and no one else is at risk.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2020 | 8:50 pm

Scientists propose new evolutionary system of mineral classification

US-based researchers say the current IMA classification system doesn’t capture the complexity and diversity of Earth minerals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 26, 2020 | 11:33 pm

Mountain Province’s Gahcho Kué yields 157.4-carat diamond

It's the largest “gem quality” diamond ever found at the Northwest Territories mine and will be up for sale in the first quarter of 2021.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 17, 2020 | 7:03 am

Anglo American to divest from thermal coal operations by 2023

Company said production across all minerals will increase by 14% in 2021.

Bruno Venditti | December 11, 2020 | 6:00 pm

Botswana Diamonds discovers kimberlite pipe at Thorny River project

A recent, six-hole drilling program revealed a kimberlite blow or a small pipe.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 3, 2020 | 6:50 am

First

Last