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Lucapa: Merlin Will Be Australia’s Largest Diamond Mine

After completing a scoping study at its newly acquired Merlin project in the Northern Territory of Australia, Lucapa Diamonds said that it expects Merlin to be the biggest commercial diamond mine in Australia, Mining Weekly reports.   Credit: Merlin diamonds   Merlin is expected to start producing commercially in 2024
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Zimbabwe: ZCDC on Track to “Record Diamond Production” in 2021

In a recent interview to the Sunday Mail newspaper, Zimbabwe’s Mines minister Winston Chitando said that the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is on track to record diamond production in 2021, Rough & Polished reports.   Credit: fivepointsix / shutterstock.com   According to the report, Chitando said that the
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Tech meets training: The missing zero harm piece?

New technology can optimise the cost-effectiveness of training while taking the industry closer to its ultimate goal of Zero Harm. The post Tech meets training: The missing zero harm piece? appeared first on Miningreview.com.
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The Truth About Lab-Grown Diamonds

Lab-grown diamonds have become increasingly more popular over the last few years. After they began to trickle into the market in 2013, Morgan Stanley released a report in 2016 predicting that lab-growns could take a 7.5% market share in sales for larger stones. As consumers become more educated about the striking similarities between natural and lab-grown diamonds, an increase in demand for these less expensive stones is inevitable!

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Anglo American Expects Diamond Production to Remain Steady

Anglo American, the parent company of diamond miner De Beers, has cut its production forecasts for all commodities except diamonds, IDEX Online reports.    Credit: De Beers   The company expects diamond production to be 32 million carats in 2021, similar to the production in the pre-Covid level of 2019
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