Angola’s national diamond trading company Sodiam has completed the process of evaluating expressions of interest from both Angolan and international companies for the provision of specialised services, including diamond boiling and diamond tenders – services deemed important for the future Angolan diamond exchange. The results of the evaluation process determined
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The government of Dubai on January 18 hosted an exclusive public viewing of an extremely rare black diamond called “The Enigma” at the Dubai Diamond Exchange. The diamond has never before been exhibited.
Low grade ores are being blamed for the greatly reduced diamond output at the Murowa mine in Zimbabwe. According to IDEX Online, output at the mine fell 43% in Q3 2021. Credit: Shutterstock.com Murowa’s operators RZM Murowa, an associate of RioZim, blamed “low-grade ores from the K1 pit
Following a survey by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), which hinted at the presence of diamonds in the area, the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) “is now set to launch a massive search for gemstones,” Rough & Polished reports. Credit: According to the report, the
After completing a scoping study at its newly acquired Merlin project in the Northern Territory of Australia, Lucapa Diamonds said that it expects Merlin to be the biggest commercial diamond mine in Australia, Mining Weekly reports. Credit: Merlin diamonds Merlin is expected to start producing commercially in 2024
In a recent interview to the Sunday Mail newspaper, Zimbabwe’s Mines minister Winston Chitando said that the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is on track to record diamond production in 2021, Rough & Polished reports. Credit: fivepointsix / shutterstock.com According to the report, Chitando said that the
