De Beers has reported its rough diamond production for the second quarter of the year, showing an increase of 134% year-on-year to 8.2-million carats, Mining Weekly reports.    According to De Beers, the rise reflects “planned higher production” to meet stronger demand for rough diamonds. Full-year production guidance was updated

Russian mining giant Alrosa produced 7 million carats of diamonds in the second quarter of 2021 – a fall of 8% quarter-on-quarter but a rise of 22% year-on-year, Rough & Polished reports.   Credit: Alrosa   Alrosa has also reported sales of 11.4 million carats and $1.2 billion in revenue

Lucara Diamond has recovered a 62.7-carat fancy pink diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana – “the largest fancy pink gem to be recovered in Botswana and one of the world’s largest rough pink diamonds on record”, Rough & Polished reports.   Credit: Lucara   The stone, named “Boitumelo” (“Joy”),

Mere days after announcing a huge 1,098-carat stone find at their Karowe mine in Botswana, Lucara has another reason to rejoice: The miner just unearthed an even bigger diamond weighing 1,174 carats from the same mine, IDEX Online reports.    Credit: Debswana   In a statement, the company explained: “On

The once troubled Ekati mine in Canada has new owners, and they predict the mine will produce no less than four million carats this year, IDEX Online reports.   Credit: Dominion Diamond Corporation   In February, a group of creditors “rescued” the mine from Dominion Diamonds, taking on $70 million