The sale of diamonds through tenders and auctions is opaque and inefficient and should be revamped for producers to earn more and to survive the current price slump, a leading gem trader said on... 

More than two decades after innovating its first sub-sea crawler technology for diamond recovery, De Beers Group’s Upstream Technology business has developed a next generation of advanced subsea... 

Indian rough diamond cutting and polishing company Finestar has expanded its operational footprint in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), unveiling its latest facility in the Gauteng... 

The global diamond market may be facing a challenging period, but the Kingdom of Lesotho is not sitting idle. In an address at the Africa Down Under conference, in Perth, Prime Minister Sam... 

Zimbabwe’s emergence as “Africa’s leading lithium producer” is a signal of “deep and exciting” transformation that will see Zimbabwe take its place as a mining powerhouse, reports turnkey crushing... 

London-listed Gem Diamonds, which owns and operates the Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, has swung to an attributable loss of $11.7-million for the six months ended June 30, on the back of a $10.7-million... 

Aim-listed investment company Kazera Global has recovered the first diamonds at its Deep Blue Minerals (DBM) project, in Alexander Bay, South Africa, following investment in new diamond recovery... 

Across Botswana the lines of patients outside government clinics are lengthening, construction companies dependent on state jobs are firing workers and university students are threatening to... 

Toronto-listed Lucara Diamond has drawn $10-million from a $63-million limited shareholder standby undertaking to address funding needs at its Karowe underground project (UGP) in Botswana. The... 

Creamer Media’s ‘Projects in Progress 2025’ report provides an overview of South Africa’s economic development as reflected through major infrastructure projects across energy, transport, water and... 

Diamond mining major De Beers says it has made meaningful progress in areas such as emission reduction, safety and conservation, while advancing work on diamond provenance and traceability. In its... 

De Beers Group today published its 2024 sustainability report, highlighting significant progress across its key focus areas of climate, livelihoods, nature and provenance. These areas were... 

Africa is endowed with great mineral wealth, but not with the financial wealth required to develop mines to extract minerals – such as gold, diamonds, platinum-group metals, cobalt, manganese and... 

Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes. The... 

De Beers' joint venture in Angola has discovered a new kimberlite field, the most common source of mined diamonds, it said on Tuesday, its first such discovery in three decades. The Anglo American... 

Russia's sanctions-hit diamond producer Alrosa reported a 25% fall in first-half revenue on Tuesday, warning that geopolitics and macroeconomic uncertainties were weighing on demand as high... 

Canada-headquartered Lucara Diamond has recovered its second diamond of more than 2 000 ct from the Karowe mine in Botswana, underscoring the asset’s reputation for producing some of the world’s... 

London-listed Petra Diamonds has advised of a refinancing endeavour it aims to have completed before the end of the year. The company has, over the past 18 months, been focused on internal... 

After attending a high-level Ministerial roundtable in Luanda, Angola, in June, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has proposed that South African diamond producers contribute... 

Martin Creamer talks about Valterra Platinum, De Beers and Kumba Iron Ore 

Australia-listed Winsome Resources has terminated its option to acquire the Renard diamond mine in Quebec, stepping back from a deal that is seen as key to fast-tracking lithium production at its... 

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has been awarded four prospecting licences in Botswana following an extensive country-wide AI-driven exploration programme which generated several highly prospective... 

There is significant growth and transformation in Angola’s mining industry, driven by strategic reforms, infrastructure development and an increase in foreign investment, attendees of the Investing... 

London-listed Gem Diamonds’ share price fell by more than 22% on July 23 after the company announced plans to scale back operations at its Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, to reduce costs in a difficult... 

World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) president Yoram Dvash has raised concern about the “meteoric” rise in the penetration of synthetic diamonds into the market, which he believes threatens... 

Lack of Qualified Artisans South Africa, for example, needs 30,000 artisans annually but only produces 15,000, leading to significant skills gaps. 

Australian miner Burgundy Diamond Mines laid off several hundred employees and contractors and suspended operations at its Point Lake diamond mine in Canada due to record-low diamond prices, a... 

Anglo American’s handling of the De Beers sale has angered Botswana, which owns 15% of the diamond producer, because the government believes that it hasn’t been properly consulted, people with... 

President Donald Trump told leaders from five African nations on Wednesday that he was shifting the US approach to the continent from aid to trade and that the United States is a better partner for... 

South African manufacturers lag behind their mining counterparts in terms of renewable energy wheeling, presenting both opportunity and risk, writes Discovery Green Head Andre Nepgen. South Africa... 

Canadian private company Arctic Blue Diamonds has secured an 89.7% controlling interest in the WO diamond project, home to one of the country’s biggest undeveloped diamond-bearing kimberlites,... 

South Africa’s derelict and ownerless mine rehabilitation programme has gone beyond rehabilitation to include the closure of hazardous old shaft openings as well as apertures created by illegal... 

Following the early-May announcement of its intention to close its laboratory-grown diamond (LGD) jewellery business – Lightbox – diamond major De Beers Group’s focus in the jewellery sector will... 

As the diamond mining industry continues to face growing challenges such as resource depletion, rising operational costs and increasing competition from synthetic diamonds, pump supplier Schurco... 

Association the World Federation of Diamond Bourses has expressed its full support for the Luanda Accord, the agreement reached among major diamond-producing countries and trading centres to fund... 

Diamond miner Diamcor Mining has received a Section 244 notice under the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, after failing to repay a C$3.51-million loan to jeweller Tiffany & Co Canada. The... 

Angola has through its newly established Angola Diamond Exchange started the process of joining the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), which marks a significant milestone in the country’s... 

Diversified major Rio Tinto will invest C$7.6-million in an industrial demonstration project aimed at assessing the integration of ore sorting technology at its Lac Tio mine, in Havre-Saint-Pierre,... 

Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), a Botswana-based rough diamond marketing company, and Debswana Diamond Company, one of the world’s leading diamond producers, today announced the onboarding of ODC’s... 

London-listed Petra Diamonds sold 613 682 ct of diamonds for $53-million during its combined Tender 5 and 6 sales cycle, taking year-to-date revenues to $239-million from the sale of 2.39-million... 

A subsidiary of Oman's sovereign wealth fund has replaced sanctions-hit Russian firm Alrosa as a shareholder in Angola's state-controlled diamond miner Catoca, according to the shareholder... 

Botswana's Debswana Diamond Company is temporarily pausing production at some of its mines, cutting output in response to prolonged weakness in the global diamond market, it said on Friday. The...