World Diamond Council (WDC) president Edward Asscher foresees that the diamond industry will soon have two distinct value chains, one encompassing responsibly sourced diamonds and one that does not. During the closing session of the 2021 Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP), he questioned the readiness of certain KP

Angolan State diamond marketing company Sodiam held its third rough diamond auction on June 24, selling $56.64-million worth of diamonds recovered at the Uari, Lulo, Catoca and Luele mines. Aside from a diversified pack of special diamonds, a batch of run-of­mine diamonds from Luele in the Luaxe region, were also

Botswana-focused Lucara Diamond Corp on Thursday announced C$38-million in financing to support the development and ongoing operation of its Karowe mine. The Vancouver-headquartered company will raise C$22-million on a bought-deal basis at C$0.75 a share and C$16-million in a concurrent private placement to Nemesia and other investors.

Diamond miner De Beers recorded $470-million of rough diamond sales in its fifth sales cycle of this year. This is higher than the $385-million recorded in the fourth sales cycle of this year and significantly higher than the $56-million earned for the combined fourth and fifth sales cycles of 2020.