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Anglo American’s De Beers said Thursday it had successfully tracked its first diamonds all the way from its mines to jewellery retailers using blockchain technology, in an effort to clear up the supply chain form synthetics and conflict stones. The world’s largest rough diamond producer by value, which began developing the tracking platform last year, […]

Information made public by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation states that management at Dominion Diamond Mines is worried about the profitability of its Ekati mine, located in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories, approximately 300 kilometers northeast of Yellowknife. The CBC quotes an official who said that, given such concerns, construction of a

Canada’s Nutrien (TSX:NTR), the world’s largest potash miner, is closer than ever to completing the sale of its 32% stake in Chile’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, and so fulfill a condition for the merger between Potash Corp. and Agrium, which created the company. “[The sale] is progressing well,”

Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSA) is selling its entire stake in Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) for about $3.3 billion, as part of a planned exit from Canada’s oil sands sector. The Dutch giant, the world’s second largest publicly traded oil company, said it would use proceeds of the sale of almost 98 million shares — about

Canada-listed Fura Gems (TSX-V:FUR), a new gemstone mining and marketing company headed by the former COO of Gemfields (LON:GEM), has found a 25.97-carat rough emerald at its Coscuez emerald mine located in Boyacá, Colombia. The company says its a “rare and exceptional” emerald given its size, colour saturation and clarity. More to come… The post

Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group, one of China’s largest lithium hydroxide and carbonate producers, is injecting further funds into emerging Australian lithium producer Core Exploration (ASX:CXO) as Chinese companies continue to aggressively try securing supply of the key ingredient needed for making the batteries that power electric cars. Through its subsidiary Yahua International, Sichuan has given

Meteoric Resources (ASX:MEI) announced today it has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% ownership of the Lorrain Cobalt Project, located 9 kilometres from the town of Cobalt in Ontario, Canada. In a press release, the miner said the acquisition of this project is part of its strategy to grow its land position in the

MINING.com editor Frik Els sat down with the chair of the upcoming Resources for Future Generations conference (RFG2018), John Thompson, to discuss trends in mining like responsible sourcing, as well as the conference’s drive towards educating consumers about resource issues. John Thompson is currently the Wold Family Professor in Environmental Balance for Human Sustainability at

World’s top diamond producer by output Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), has got approval from its board to acquire Russian polisher Kristall, the country’s largest and one of the world’s biggest diamond cutting firms. Alrosa’s chief executive Sergei Ivanov has been asked to submit technical specifications for estimating the target’s price and so make an offer, Prime Business

Paris City Council passed a motion last night where its members ask the CEOs of the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance companies to stop insuring coal projects. The call comes just a few weeks before an annual meeting to be held in the City of Light from May 30 to June 2, 2018, and which