AGD Diamonds has recovered a 118 carat white and high quality rough diamond from its Grib diamond mine. The Grib diamond mine is located in the in the North-Western part of Russia, approximately 130km from the regional capital of Arkhangelsk. This is the 5th diamond larger than 50 carats to
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A 177-meter, $470 million ship – De Beers’ new diamond recovery vessel and the largest of its kind in the world – has set sail from a shipyard in Romania “to be fitted with mission equipment for work off the Namibian coast,” IDEX Online reports. Credit: De Beers
After trying to offload it for four years, Gem Diamonds finally sold its Ghaghoo mine in Botswana. According to Diamond World, Gem Diamonds sold the mine for $4 million to Okwa Diamonds, a company owned by Vast Resources and Botswana Diamonds. Credit: Free Wind 2014 / Shutterstock.com Ghaghoo
Angola, which was forced to reduce its guidance production to 9.3 million carats in 2021 due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced its plans to produce 13.8 million carats of diamonds in 2022, Rough & Polished reports. Credit: Lucapa Ganga Júnior, Chairman of the
Lucara has unearthed a 393.5-carat top white Type IIa gem quality diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana, IDEX Online reports. It is the seventh +300-carat diamond recovered from Karowe in 2021. Credit: Lucara The huge gem was found at the M/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe, the
Petra Diamonds has recovered a 342.92-carat Type IIa white rough diamond at its Cullian mine in South Africa, IDEX Online reports. Credit: Petra According to Petra, the diamond has “exceptional” colour and clarity, and it will likely be offered for sale at the company’s September tender. Credit:
