De Beers plans to shut down its lab-grown diamond jewellery brand, Lightbox, and focus on natural diamonds, it said on Thursday, as the company battles weak diamond prices due to low demand and... 

The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) says it stands united with the industry-wide position to request that the US government grant a tariff exemption for natural diamond imports. The WFDB... 

Aim-listed Vast Resources reports that the Kimberly Process inspection of a diamond parcel previously held in Zimbabwe has revealed an additional quantity of diamonds in the sealed parcel, the... 

US-based Peabody Energy has issued a material adverse change notice to Johannesburg- and London-listed Anglo American related to its planned $3.78-billion acquisition of Anglo’s steelmaking coal... 

ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company, which has assets in Angola and Australia, has recorded year-on-year increases in carat recoveries, grade, revenue and diamond price for the quarter ended March... 

Botswana is intent on cutting spending to offset the effects of a prolonged downturn in the diamond market that’s led it to raise its budget deficit forecast to post-Covid peaks, its finance... 

Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo's minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit to the former Belgian colony, which is seeking to diversify its... 

Botswana’s government said it’s optimistic that Anglo American will find a buyer for its diamond unit De Beers this year. “We are very confident that partners are coming forward,” Botswana Vice... 

Martin Creamer talks about South Africa’s ferrochrome industry, South African diamond jewellery entrepreneurs and investment in digital platinum soaring 

Aim-listed Vast Resources has announced the release of the historical diamond parcel that has been held in safe custody at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe by order of that country’s Supreme Court... 

Toronto-listed Mountain Province Diamonds reported a 40% year-on-year decline in diamond production for the first quarter of 2025, as the company processed low-grade stockpiles while waste... 

US President Donald Trump’s push-me-pull-you tariffs come after slashing USAid, closing the Voice of America radio station and a rumoured end to US Africa Command, or Africom. US withdrawal from... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the working group that has been established to extend South Africa’s ferrochrome horizon; the third intake of the Enterprise Development Project for... 

De Beers Group, in partnership with business incubation company Raizcorp, has launched the third intake of the Enterprise Development Project for Diamond Beneficiators, aimed at supporting and... 

Mining company Assmang on Monday refuted allegations that it engages in the illegal mining of sugilite at the Black Rock mine in the Northern Cape. Sugilite is described as a pink to purple... 

India's exports of cut and polished diamonds plummeted to their lowest level in nearly two decades in the 2024/25 fiscal year, which ended in March, on sluggish demand from the United States and... 

Diversified mining major Anglo American is working with industry experts and regulators to expedite re-entry into its Moranbah North coal mine in Queensland, Australia, following a temporary... 

A State-owned Zimbabwean mining firm is trying to protect assets that risk being seized because the country failed to honour a debt incurred when it lost an international arbitration case over... 

South Africa rose to seventh position from eleventh in the emerging markets rankings section of Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council’s 2025 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, a... 

London-listed Petra Diamonds has postponed its tender five sales of about 200 000 ct of diamonds recovered at the Cullinan mine, in South Africa, until there is greater clarity on the impact of... 

Peabody Energy said on Tuesday it was reviewing all options related to its $3.78-billion acquisition agreement with Anglo American for some of its Australian steelmaking coal assets after an... 

Lucara Diamonds has terminated its engineering, procurement and construction management contract with JDS Energy & Mining. 

The Minerals Council South Africa has expressed concern about the potential damage to global economic growth and the resultant lower demand for South Africa’s minerals as a result of sweeping... 

India's $32-billion gems and jewellery industry is bracing for a sharp fall in exports as hefty US tariffs will impede overseas sales to its biggest market, industry officials said. The US slapped... 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has recovered a 158.2 ct yellow diamond at its Diavik mine, in Canada – one of only five yellow diamonds weighing more than 100 ct ever unearthed at the mine in its... 

Aim-listed Kazera Global’s 70%-owned subsidiary Whale Head Minerals (WHM) has issued its first invoice for the sale of 10 000 t of heavy mineral sands (HMS) mined at its operations in Alexander... 

Canada-headquartered Lucara Diamonds has terminated its engineering, procurement, and construction management contract with JDS Energy & Mining (JDS), effective March 31, as it transitions to... 

ASX-listed Burgundy Diamond Mines has navigated a turbulent diamond market with resilience, reporting a modest revenue decline despite broader industry struggles. The company’s flagship Ekati... 

Underground development at diamond producer Lucara Diamond’s Botswana-based Karowe mine is expected to extend its operational life beyond 2040, with significant progress achieved in 2024,... 

Canadian diamond miner Mountain Province expects improving market sentiment in 2025 following a difficult 2024, when weak Chinese demand and the growing presence of lab-grown diamonds pressured... 

Drilling and mechanised rock excavation technology solutions company Master Drilling, which was established in 1986 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited in 2012, has declared a... 

Australia-listed Lucapa Diamond Company has finalised the mineral investment contract (MIC) for its Lulo joint venture (JV) in Angola, increasing its stake to 51%. Following a three-day meeting in... 

Most midtier markets in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to see a slight uptick in their growth rates this year, economic and financial research company BMI sub-Saharan Africa country risk senior... 

London-listed Gem Diamonds’ focus on cost containment, operational efficiencies and appropriate capital allocation yielded pleasing results for the financial year ended December 31, 2024, despite a... 

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has applied for 11 prospecting licences to secure key polymetallic targets identified by the company’s recent AI-driven exploration programme in Botswana. The... 

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has denied allegations from PP Gemstones that it is ignoring illegal sugilite mining by Black Rock mine and failing to respond to legal... 

South Africa-based opencast mining contractor Trollope offers a range of services, including opencast contract mining, crushing and screening, mine infrastructure development, bulk earthworks,... 

Diamond exploration and project development company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a mining permit for its Thorny River project. 

Following a quarterly decline in the third quarter’s real GDP, growth bounced back in the fourth quarter of last year, which the Minerals Council South Africa says bodes well for all sectors;... 

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has been granted a mining permit for its Thorny River project, in Limpopo, South Africa. The Thorny River project is close to the mined-out Marsfontein mine. 

Russia's sanctions-hit diamond producer Alrosa on Friday reported a 77.3% fall in 2024 net profit year-on-year to 19.3-billion roubles ($219.32-million) on revenue of 239.1-billion roubles. Group... 

World Federation of Diamond Bourses president Yoram Dvash has advised that, as of April, US customs will require the reporting of diamonds’ country of mining origin and country of origin details....