Emigration causes decline in mining skills

The activity level of the contract mining and outsourcing industry is increasing but the skilled labour shortage remains a major challenge as experts are still leaving South Africa for political and safety reasons says mining contractor Redpath...

Letšeng diamond mine expansion project, Lesotho

The board of Gem Diamonds has approved the $280-million expansion project to double the output of the Letšeng mine.

$280m Letšeng expansion receives board approval

The board of Gem Diamonds has approved a $280-million expansion project to double the output of its Letšeng mine in Lesotho. The expansion, dubbed Project Kholo, would start in January and would ramp up to full production by July 2014, the...

Contract miner to use cost-effective conveyor belts at diamond mine

International diamond producer Gem Diamonds has awarded a R67-million contract to contract mining firm Redpath South Africa for the development of a sand tunnel at the remote and isolated, recommissioned Ghaghoo diamond mine, in Botswana.

Gem says volatility clouds outlook, but notes tight supply conditions

Record high rough diamond prices and positive supply and demand dynamics resulted in international diamond producer Gem Diamonds’ revenue increasing by 89% and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) surging to 489%...

Regional coal cooperation needed, sand tunnel for diamond mine, Evander 6 Shaft gold project

Cooperation among Southern Africa countries needed to unlock the value of the region’s coal resources; Gem Diamonds contracts Redpath South Africa to develop a sand tunnel at Ghaghoo in Botswana; and Taung Gold gets going at its Evander 6 shaft...

SA firm Redpath clinches R67m contract to build sand tunnel at Botswana’s Ghaghoo diamond mine

International diamond producer Gem Diamonds has awarded a R67-million contract to contract mining firm Redpath South Africa for the development of a sand tunnel at the recommissioned Ghaghoo diamond mine, in Botswana.

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Investors are planning to plough R4-billion into a new coal mine in the impoverished Limpopo; London investors have approved a multi-billion rand capital expenditure on Southern African diamond projects, one a brand new mine and explorers are...

Gem Diamonds finds 185-ct stone at Letšeng mine

The Letšeng diamond mine, in Lesotho has delivered another large white diamond of 185 ct at the end of October, the second large stone in two months, Gem Diamonds reported on Tuesday. The Africa-focused miner recovered a 196 ct white diamond at...

Letšeng delivers another treasure – 196ct white diamond

Africa-focused diamond-miner Gem Diamonds on Tuesday announced that it had recovered a 196ct white diamond from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho. Since Gem Diamonds' acquisition of the Letšeng mine in mid-2006, it has produced three of the world's...

Gem inks CAs with potential buyers for Indonesia mine

LSE-listed Gem Diamonds has signed confidentiality agreements with eight potential buyers of its Cempaka mine in Indonesia, which it put up for sale in May. The alluvial mine has been under care and maintenance since January 2009, when the...

Gem Diamonds inks supply deal with Tiffany

LSE-listed Gem Diamonds has has signed a formal agreement to supply fancy yellow diamonds from its Ellendale mine to high-end jeweller Tiffany's diamond sourcing and polishing unit. The companies have had a supply arrangement along the same lines...