Norm Mountain Diamonds (SMD),  a subsidiary of Namakwa Diamonds’ together with the government of Lesotho, has recovered a 108.39-carat Fancy pink diamond from its Kao diamond mine in Lesotho. IDEX Online reports.   According to SMD, the “exceptionally rare Type IIa diamond” is one of the largest pink diamonds ever

Earlier this month, on April 8, the M. V. Lomonosov diamond mine in Arkhangelsk Province has witnessed a rare find: a heart-shaped diamond weighing 16.64 carats, Rough & Polished reports.   Last year, the same mine produced a rare cloud-shaped stone weighing 92.34 carats. In 2018,  a diamond shaped like

De Beers‘ Victor and Snap Lake mines in Canada, which began their closure in 2019 and 2022, respectively, are reaching the end of their “active closure” processes, Rough & polished reports.   Most of the infrastructure at the Victor mine has already been removed, and all of the Snap Lake

Arctic Canadian Diamond Company (ACDC) , the current owner of the Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada, has announced that it sold the mine to Burgundy Diamond Mines for $136 million, according to IDEX Online.   ACDC acquired the mine, located 200 km south of the Arctic Circle,  from Dominion Diamonds

Diamcor Mining has recovered a 45.15-carat rough diamond at its Krone-Endora at Venetia project in South Africa, according to a report in Mining Weekly. In mid-February, Diamcor unearthed a 72.53 carat gem-quality stone at the same mine.   According to Diamcor, the recovery of the two large stones, “along with

Botswana Diamonds has announced that it expects “the first recoveries of diamonds” at its Marsfontein mine in South Africa this month, Rough & Polished reports.    The alluvial and dump mine, which was initially expected to produce diamonds in February, has seen the excavation of about 1,500 tonnes of alluvial