Tag: rough diamonds

Global mining forum IGF puts forward sweeping employment reforms

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) on Wednesday put forward sweeping mining employment reforms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has, it states, exposed weak points in the global labour market. IGF emerged from the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, where
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EHR enters into diamond exploration alliance agreement in Botswana

ASX-listed EHR Resources has entered into an exploration alliance agreement with Diamond Exploration Strategies (DES), a privately owned company focused on diamond exploration in Botswana. Under the terms of the agreement, EHR will provide funding of $1.5-million over three years to finance exploration activities and earn 50% ownership of any
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Cibjo postpones yearly congress, will be rescheduled in 2021

World Jewellery Confederation’s (Cibjo’s) yearly congress, which had been for October 5 to 7, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, has been postponed to 2021 as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic. The decision to postpone the congress was taken during a video conference of the Cibjo board of
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Angola on a drive to improve diamond market infrastructure

Angola’s Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Dr Diamantino Pedro Azevedo has announced the country’s plans to develop industry-specific market infrastructure for improved diamond trade activity. The country plans on establishing an Angolan Diamond Hub and an Angolan Diamond Bourse.
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Mountain Province Diamonds proposes to enter into a transaction to sell $50,000,000 of diamonds

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (“Mountain Province”, or the “Company”) (TSX: MPVD) and (OTCQX: MPVD) today announces that it proposes to enter into an agreement to sell (the “Sale“) U.S.$50,000,000 of diamonds to Dunebridge Worldwide Ltd. (“Dunebridge”). The first sale for approximately U.S.$ 22,000,000 is expected to occur on June 11th, 2020 following the execution
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Edward Asscher named World Diamond Council president

Edward Asscher has been named president of the World Diamond Council (WDC), the international organisation that is charged with leading the industry’s effort to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the jewellery supply chain and with representing it in the tripartite Kimberley Process coalition. Formerly the WDC VP, he assumed the
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