Canadian junior miner Diamcor has put up 5,593 carats of rough diamonds in its first tender of the quarter – all sourced at its Krone-Endora at Venetia Project In South Africa, IDEX Online reports.   Among the stones offered are “several individual gem quality diamonds in the Specials (+10.8 carats)

Lucapa has unearthed a Type IIa 131-carat stone  at its Lulo mine, in Angola. The “spectacular” gem, according to the Australian miner, is the miner’s fourth +100 carat diamond found in Lulo this year.    According to IDEX Online, it’s the 29th +100 carat diamond recovered since commercial production started

Kanatbek Madumarov, Kyrgyzstan’s Director of the Precious Metals Department, claims that ongoing geological explorations have found diamond deposits but said that the diamonds were “hard to reach,” according to IDEX Online.   According to the report, the central Asian nation is “one of the world’s poorest countries,” with a quarter

Mountain Province has announced that it intends to put up for sale a rare 151-carat colored diamond during its upcoming September sale, Rough & Polished reports.   The 151.60-carat octahedron gem, which has “exceptional clarity,” was mined at Gahcho Kué in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It will be offered for sale

Lucapa Diamond has recovered a 160-carat white, Type IIa diamond at its 40%-owned Lulo alluvial mine in Angola, Rough & Polished reports. It is the 28th +100 carat diamond recovered at Lulo to date, and the 6th largest ever recovered there.   The 160-carat gem was mined from the same

Commenting on an article published in the New York Times that says the US and other western countries are taking action that could officially label Russian diamonds as “conflict diamonds,”  Russia’s Ministry of Finance said that Russia “has always been and remains an exclusively responsible participant in the Kimberley Process,”