Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s largest producer of rough diamonds, has recommended a record half-year dividend payment of 70.3-billion roubles ($938-million) representing 80% of its free cash flow (FCF), the State-controlled company said on Wednesday. The company, which competes with Anglo American unit De Beers, is generous with payments to shareholders

Mining, preceded by exploration, is the greatest economic multiplier of all business activities, including government expenditure, says Integral Asset Management chief investment officer Bruce Williamson. It therefore makes huge sense for government to enact attractive investment-friendly policies that encourage exploration and mining.

The diamond industry’s collapse last year left the biggest producers with billions of dollars of uncut gems stashed away in safes. Now, in a matter of months, they’ve suddenly found buyers. The huge stockpile was built up when the diamond world came to a standstill during the height of the

Debswana Diamond Company, a joint venture between the Botswana government and Anglo American’s De Beers, said on Friday that its new business strategy adopted last year should enable it to create at least ten-billion pula ($924-million) in additional revenue over the next four years. The five-year strategy, adopted at the

Diamond miner De Beers’ Venetia mine, in partnership with contracting partner BMH Africa, on April 23 launched a programme to develop skills in the construction industry and ultimately enhance the local skills base. The programme, which is part of De Beers Group’s Socio-Economic Development strategy in Venetia mine’s host communities

TSX-listed junior diamond miner Diamcor Mining – in its first tender and sale of rough diamonds recovered from the processing of quarry material from its Krone-Endora at Venetia project during its new fiscal year starting April 1 – tendered and sold 2 122.76 ct. The sale generated initial gross revenue for