January 13, 2021

Gem Diamonds’ Letšeng stays open during Lesotho lockdown

The country is going into a 14-day lockdown from midnight on Thursday.

January 13, 2021

ALROSA’s diamond sales drop 16% in 2020

Company's sales of rough and polished diamonds totaled $2,802 million.

January 13, 2021

Petra Diamonds’ investors back restructuring

Majority approved plan includes reducing authorized share capital of the company by cutting the nominal value of all ordinary shares from 10p to 0.001p.

January 11, 2021

Emesent technology helps Petra Diamonds save on ore pass remediation

Highly accurate point cloud data sets from a Hovermap scan allowed mine engineers to visualize the condition of ore passes for the first time and avoid spending $350,000, on remediation.

January 7, 2021

Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 stage.mining.companies

The world’s 50 most valuable stage.mining.companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.

January 5, 2021

Botswana extends Lucara’s Karowe license to 2046

The license renewal marks a critical step in the formal sanction of the underground expansion project for the mine.

January 4, 2021

Stretched diamonds may be key for next-gen microelectronics

Strained diamonds may be prime candidates for advanced functional devices in microelectronics.

January 4, 2021

Lucapa kicks off 2021 with 113-carat diamond find at Lulo

It is the 17th rock over 100 carats found at the Angola mine.

January 3, 2021

Central African rebels attack mining town before election results announced

At least five rebels were killed and two army soldiers wounded in the clashes in Bangasso.

January 3, 2021

MINING.COM’s top science & technology stories of 2020

From a nano-diamond battery that lasts for 28,000 years to advances into mining the Moon.