ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and the Government of Lesotho have announced results from the second tender in 2019 of diamonds from the new Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho. The parcel of 7,008 carats of rough diamonds sold at tender in Antwerp for a total of US$3.5 million. The tender included prices of up to US$26,000 […]

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Lucara Diamond Corp. mined a 1,758-carat diamond at its Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana. One of the largest diamonds in recorded history, the largest diamond recovered in Botswana, and the largest diamond to be mined at Karowe to date, the unbroken 1,758 carat stone was recovered through Lucara’s XRT circuit. Weighing close to 352 grams […]

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Polished diamond fair to take place ahead of Diwali festival The Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai, India, has announced it will host the 2019 Bharat Diamond Week (BDW) from 14 to16 October, just ahead of the Diwali festival. The BDB said it aims to build on the huge success of the two Bharat Diamond […]

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The International Diamond Council has announced leadership changes. Effective immediately, HRD Antwerp chairman, Julien Drybooms, takes over from Harry Levy as chair of the International Diamond Council’s board, while Pol van der Steen takes the role of vice chairman. Drybooms has served on the executive committee of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and […]

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HRD Antwerp has graded what it says is the world’s first ring that is entirely made from a lab-grown diamond made by Dutch Diamond Technologies (DD). ‘Project D’, DD’s name for the ring, took a year to manufacture and was created in honor of the company’s 10th anniversary, HRD said. “The ring was made from […]

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Sales at the latest auction of Gemfields emeralds from the Kagem Mine held in Lusaka, Zambia in mid-May was impacted by the reduced availability of bank finance mainly for Indian clients, even as a new record price per carat set for a single auction lot was set, Pallinghurst Ltd, which owns Gemfields said in an […]

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Despite an expected dip of 1% in global platinum jewellery sales this year, the market is predicted to recover by 3% in 2018, the first year of overall growth since 2014, according to a report released by the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC). Publishing its latest Platinum Quarterly covering the developments in Q3 2017, the […]

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HRD Antwerp has reported that it recently came across two rough stones weighing 7.14 and 5.01 carats respectively, with a slight greenish colour, that had been cut to resemble rough diamonds. The lab said that though the stones were actually moissanite, they ‘felt’ like rough diamonds, and even diamond testing pens (based on thermal conductivity) […]

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The Minister for Emergency Situations in Russia, Vladimir Puchkov briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the progress of rescue operations at the Mir mine in Yakutia and the situation in the typhoon-hit Far-East, according to media reports. The briefing took place even as his Deputy Minister, Vladlen Aksyonov personally accompanied the rescue teams during their […]

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