Russian diamond mining giant Alrosa will build a new mine on the site of flooded Mir in Yakutia, with investments in the project expected to amount to 126 billion rubles (more than $2 billion), according to Rough & Polished.   Head of Yakutia Republic Aisen Nikolaev said at a recent

Diamond miner De Beers’ rough production has increased 4% to 9.6 million carats in the 3rd quarter of the year, “mainly due to the treatment of higher grade ore at both Orapa in Botswana and South Africa as well as continued strong performance in Namibia,” according to a report in

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