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

Anglo American, the parent company of diamond miner De Beers, has cut its production forecasts for all commodities except diamonds, IDEX Online reports.    Credit: De Beers   The company expects diamond production to be 32 million carats in 2021, similar to the production in the pre-Covid level of 2019

Russian mining giant Alrosa said that the newly developed Mayskaya pipe is expected to start yielding diamonds in 2025, and that the deposit will bring approximately 1 million carats a year, Rough & Polished reports.   Credit: Alrosa   The Mayskaya pipe was discovered in 2006.  It is located in

Karelian Diamond Resources, which is exploring the Lahtojoki deposit on Finland’s eastern coast for diamonds, has announced the discovery of pink diamonds there, IDEX Online reports.   Credit: Rio Tinto   The Lahtojoki deposit “aims to develop as Europe’s first diamond mine outside Russia,” according to the report. In its

The Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, which operates Canada’s Ekati mine, are looking for approval to drain a nearby lake and dig three kimberlite pipes, IDEX Online reports. The expected lifespan of Ekati is currently until 2028.   Credit: Dominion Diamond Corporation   This, the company says, “is crucial to securing