130 carat gem quality diamond recovered at Lulo
ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners have announced the recovery of a 130-carat gem quality diamond from the Lulo diamond project in Angola.
The 130-carat diamond is the 13th +100 carat diamond recovered to...
Gujarat diamond industry facing large-scale job issues
Sluggish global demand, coupled with the bankruptcy of a few firms, have resulted in large-scale unemployment in the diamond industry in Gujarat, especially in and around Surat
Sluggish global demand, coupled with the bankruptcy of...
Namibia’s CPB awards disputed US$21-million diamond deal to controversial firm
The leading daily The Namibian reported that Namibia's Central Procurement Board (CPB) has awarded an N$300 million contract to Gem Diamonds Namibia to evaluate Namdeb's diamonds over the next five years.
While it is...
ALROSA’s April sales of rough and polished diamonds reached almost $319 million
ALROSA, the world's largest diamond miner, announces diamond sales for April and four months of 2019.
April sales of rough and polished diamonds reached $318.7 million. Rough diamond sales amounted to $315.8 million, while those...
Lucara reports strong first quarter
Junior miner Lucara Diamond Corp reported its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. The company said that with respect to all mining and processing activities it recorded the best quarter in the...
Argyle more profitable than ever
The Australian Financial Review reported that according to filings with the Australian Securities and Exchange Commission (ASIC), that profits generated in 2018 by Rio Tinto's diamond mine Argyle rose to their highest levels in...
Bespoke jeweller marks moon landing anniversary with stellar design
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, W&W Jewellery has taken inspiration from antique jewellery and atomic post-war design to create an out-of-this-world ring.
Interweaving historical and cosmic influences, the innovative ‘Celestial’...
GIA Seminar, A Date with Diamonds!
Jewellery connoisseur Shilpa Agarwal EFX hosted “A Date with Diamonds,” a knowledge seminar on diamonds, organised by GIA India (Gemological Institute of America) – the world’s foremost authority in gemmology and the creator of...
DPA reveals findings from independent report on the realities of modern mining
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA), a global alliance of the leading diamond mining companies, which represents 75% of the world’s diamond production, today released its first independent research report on its members’ impact on...
Botswana’s Karowe Mine Yields Another Huge Stone
Letlhakane, Botswana—Lucara Diamond Corp. announced last Thursday that it found a 1,758-carat piece of rough at the same mine where it recovered the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona.
Discovered over Easter weekend, the huge stone is...
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