Rio Tinto recently reported a 16% decline in quarterly diamond production at its Diavik mine in Canada, with a total of 970,000 carats in Q2 2023, compared to Q2 2022, according to IDEX Online.   In Q1 2023, Rio Tinto had reported recovering 954,000 carats – a 4% decrease compared

De Beers has reported that its rough diamond production fell 5% year-on-year to 7.6-million carats in Q2 2023 “as a result of the planned reduction in South Africa while the Venetia open pit transitions to underground operations,” according to Mining Weekly.   Despite the fall in production, the British-based miner

Gem Diamonds has found what it calls  “an impressive” 163.91-carat yellow diamond at its Letseng mine in Lesotho, IDEX Online reports,   The UK-based miner has recovered two +100-carat gems so far this year at Letseng. The first one was found in March – a 122-carat D color Type II

Lucapa Diamond has announced the recovery of a 180.87-carat white Type IIa diamond from the Lulo Alluvial Mine in Angola.    This is the second +100 carat diamond recovered from Lulo this year, and the 37th +100 carat diamond to be recovered from Lulo to date. Lucapa said in a

Recently, Botswana and De Beers ended their very lengthy negotiations with a new agreement that saw Botswana’s state-owned diamond trader receive 30% of Debswana’s output – a significant increase from the previous arrangement. Now, according to a report by IDEX Online, the government of Namibia “could seek an increased share