Stellar to increase diamond production at Guinea mines

Production at West Africa-focused Stellar Diamonds’ Mandala diamond mine was expected to increase to 12 000 ct/m from the end of the second quarter, while the Bomboko mine was expected to see an increase in its output to 4 000 ct/m, chairperson...

Stellar Diamonds to increase production at Guinea mines

Aim-listed Stellar Diamonds was acquiring additional mining equipment to further boost production and processing capacity at its Mandala and Bomboko diamond mines, in Guinea, the company reported on Monday. Among other equipment, it would install...

West African Diamond’s Guinea mine fully operational

Aim-listed West African Diamonds (WAD), which is merging with Stellar Diamonds, reported on Thursday that its Bomboko mine, in Guinea, was fully operational, and capable of producing 1 500 ct/m. The Bomboko mine started operations in mid-2009.

West African Diamonds' Guinea mine to reach full output by end-'09

Aim-listed diamond explorer West African Diamonds plans to grow by mergers and acquisitions and said it expects its Bomboko mine in Guinea to reach full capacity by year-end. The company said on Wednesday that monthly carat production at Bomboko...

West African Diamonds announces Sierra Leone JV

Aim-listed diamond miner West African Diamonds (WAD) has formed a joint venture with a private Japanese/Sierra Leone company, Thunderball, to explore and, if justified, to develop a mine in and around the diamondiferous pipe 3 kimberlite in the...

West African Diamonds expands Guinea mine

Aim-listed West African Diamonds (WAD) would expand production at its Bomboko mine, in Guinea, to 35 000 t/m of gravel, up from the current 3 500 t/m of gravel. An expanded plant was being commissioned, with the higher production rate expected to...

West African Diamonds says Guinea mine produced 261,6 ct

Aim-listed West African Diamonds on Monday stated that to date, a total of 261,6 ct have been produced from 4 200 t of gravel at the Bomboko mine, in Guinea. The company stated that visual observation indicated that around 60% of the stones...

Guinea diamond mine in commissioning phase

Precious metals company West African Diamonds is currently commissioning the Bomboko alluvial mine, in Guinea, says West African Diamonds chairperson John Teeling.

West African to start Guinea alluvial diamond-mining in April

Production at the Bomboko alluvial diamond mine, in Guinea, would start in April, exploration company West African Diamonds announced on Wednesday. The company, which had operations in Sierra Leone and Guinea, said in a statement to shareholders...