Aim-listed Petra Diamonds has announced early tender results and the amendment of offer terms for its subsidiary’s invitation to buy senior secured second lien notes due 2026. On September 13, Petra’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Petra Diamonds US Treasury (PDUST) announced its invitation to offer to holders to submit tenders to sell

Green hydrogen and fuel cells will be a very important part of any future energy system, says Switzerland-based energy and sustainability consultancy strategist Dr David Hart. Among the electrolysers that convert renewable electricity into green hydrogen are proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers, with PEM fuel cells then converting the green

The European Union should bar Russian diamond imports and blacklist diamond miner Alrosa and its head Sergei Ivanov, Transparency International told Reuters on Monday, as the 27-nation bloc prepares new sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Galvanised by Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a partial military mobilisation and issuing a

Arctic Canadian, the company that owns and operates the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, has announced the recovery of an exceptional gemstone – an octahedron diamond, weighing 71.26 ct. The stone was recovered on August 25, from the Ekati mine’s Misery Pipe.

South Africans have been urged to rally around exploration as this country’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal – a BHAG – so that what is described as “our lowest hanging economic fruit” can be turned to positive account. Council for Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza, who was speaking in support of the

The JSE has a new product that is appropriate for fund-raising by junior mining companies, JSE origination and deals head Sam Mokorosi said on Friday. Mokorosi, who was speaking at Minerals Council South Africa’s Junior and Emerging Miners Desk webinar, highlighted the new product against the background of the JSE