Diamond miner Petra Diamonds produced 3.2-million carats at its operations in the financial year ended June 30. The Cullinan mine’s performance, which contributed production of more than 1.9-million carats, was offset by lower production at Finsch and Koffiefontein, while the Williamson mine, in Tanzania, remained on care and maintenance.
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Russian mining giant Alrosa produced 7 million carats of diamonds in the second quarter of 2021 – a fall of 8% quarter-on-quarter but a rise of 22% year-on-year, Rough & Polished reports. Credit: Alrosa Alrosa has also reported sales of 11.4 million carats and $1.2 billion in revenue
Lucara Diamond has recovered a 62.7-carat fancy pink diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana – “the largest fancy pink gem to be recovered in Botswana and one of the world’s largest rough pink diamonds on record”, Rough & Polished reports. Credit: Lucara The stone, named “Boitumelo” (“Joy”),
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
Mere days after announcing a huge 1,098-carat stone find at their Karowe mine in Botswana, Lucara has another reason to rejoice: The miner just unearthed an even bigger diamond weighing 1,174 carats from the same mine, IDEX Online reports. Credit: Debswana In a statement, the company explained: “On
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
