DIAMONDS

Aim-listed listed diamond producer BlueRock Diamonds’ good performance during the first quarter of 2020 has been overshadowed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which has halted operations. The group, which owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine, i…

LSE-listed Gem Diamonds’ second round of the flexible tender sales process has been concluded and raised a further $6.7-million for a selection of  large, high-quality diamonds recovered at its Letšeng mine, in Lesotho. The company achieved an average …

Nimesh Patel will step down as CFO of diamond miner De Beers, effective July 26.

Patel has resigned to join Spirax-Sarco Engineering as its CFO. Patel joined Anglo American – parent company of De Beers – in 2012 as group head of corporate finance bef…

Aim-listed Vast Resources has noted that all internal processes leading to the conclusion to the Chiadzwa Community Joint Venture (JV), which were expected to be finalised during March, have not completed during the month. This is owing to the Zimbabwe…

Diamond producer Lucara Diamond Corporation has implemented a crisis management strategy to protect the health and wellbeing of its employees in Botswana and Canada amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Lucara’s 100%-owned Karowe mine, in north central Botswana,…

Dual-listed Botswana Diamonds’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Sunland Minerals, has been awarded six new prospecting licences by the Botswana government. The licence tenure is for a period of three years until March 31, 2023.

London-listed Gem Diamonds has raised $12.1-million during the first round of its Letšeng flexible tender sales process on March 26.

The Lesotho-focused miner in March launched the flexible tender sales process, following a large tender that had to …

Diamond miner Petra Diamonds reports that Peter Hill will succeed founder Adonis Pouroulis as nonexecutive chairperson as of March 31.

The miner previously noted in its interim results on February 17 that additional board changes would also take place…

TSX-V-listed Diamcor Mining has made several short-term operational changes in response to the events unfolding owing to the Covid-19 crisis that is occurring globally.

The company has suspended its activities in South Africa, placing its Krone-Endor…

London-listed Petra Diamonds has, in accordance with what the Department of Minerals Resources and Energy expects from miners during South Africa’s 21-day lockdown period, scaled down its operations.

The diamond miner advised on March 27 that it had …