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Diamonds News
Parties sign terms of reference to catalyse mining industry modernisation
By: Donna Slater Updated 36 minutes ago Representatives of the Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP) and five labour unions on October 26 signed an agreement on the terms of reference for the parties to collaborate on modernising the South African mining industry, resulting in the formation of the MMP – Organised Labour Consultative (OLC)... →
Petra records good first-quarter revenue growth
By: Chanel de Bruyn Updated 6 hours ago London-listed Petra Diamonds achieved good revenue growth of 48% year-on-year to $114.9-million for the quarter ended September 30 – the first quarter of Petra's 2022 financial year. "The company has delivered a very strong revenue result due to the contribution of exceptional diamond sales,... →
Botswana Diamonds to raise £550 000
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 25th October 2021 Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has undertaken a company-arranged placing with existing and new investors to raise £550 000 through the issue of 55-million new ordinary shares at a placing price of 1p a share. The funds will be used for exploration activities during the current year in Botswana and... →
Diamcor tender generates R483 000 in revenue
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 21st October 2021 TSX-listed junior diamond miner Diamcor Mining says it continues to achieve significant results in this quarter’s initial tender and sale of rough diamonds recovered from the processing of quarry material through its recently upgraded processing facilities at the Krone-Endora at Venetia project... →
De Beers tightens full-year output guidance at 32m carats
By: Chanel de Bruyn 21st October 2021 Diamond miner De Beers expects to produce about 32-million carats for the full-year, which is at the lower end of its initial guidance of 32-million to 33-million carats. Reporting on its production performance in the third quarter ended September 30, the Anglo American subsidiary said demand for... →
Family who exited De Beers for $5bn seeks out Asia’s rich
By: Bloomberg 20th October 2021 The family office for Nicky Oppenheimer and his son Jonathan has set up an outpost in Singapore to boost its Asia exposure and partner with the region’s wealthy. Edoardo Collevecchio, the former chief of staff for Oppenheimer Generations, is moving from London to build and lead its team in... →
Angola's Catoca says tailings leak contained no hard metals
By: Reuters 20th October 2021 Angola's Catoca diamond mine said a July tailings leak, which turned a river red and killed large numbers of fish downstream in the Democratic Republic of Congo, contained a mixture of sand and clay, but no hard metals. Congo's government has said the tailings breach killed 12 people and made... →
De Beers’ latest sales cycle rakes in $490m
By: Marleny Arnoldi 20th October 2021 Diamond miner De Beers Group estimates it sold $490-million of rough diamonds for its eighth sales cycle of this year. The sales figure represents anticipated sales value for October 4 to 19 and is subject to adjustment. →
Policy-not-law charter judgment going long way towards providing certainty – NSDV 
By: Martin Creamer 19th October 2021 The court judgement that the mining charter is policy and not law goes a long way towards providing regulatory certainty, says NSDV mining law senior associate Muhammed Khan – but it is not the end of the road, he cautions in a 1 500-word analysis entitled The Great Mining Charter Debate. Khan... →
Venetia’s new on-site heat tolerance screening facility is now open
By: Simone Liedtke 19th October 2021 De Beers’ Venetia diamond mine, near Alldays, in Limpopo, has opened a new on-site heat tolerance screening (HTS) facility as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of its workers. The new facility, which was built by local small business Ravhuyani Construction and Projects, will... →
Diamond market ‘fully recovered from pandemic’
By: Mariaan Webb 19th October 2021 A structural decline in diamond production and growing end-user demand have created favourable conditions for sustained price growth, especially for rare rough and polished diamonds. In its yearly diamond investment market report, Alrosa states that the diamond market has "fully recovered from... →
Incentive needed for smaller end of stock exchange to survive – Miller 
By: Martin Creamer 18th October 2021 An incentive is needed for the listing of companies on the smaller end of the stock exchange, which is facing an existential crisis, said AmaranthCX director and owner Paul Miller on Monday. Reacting to the groundswell of headlines about delistings and lack of listings on the Johannesburg Stock... →
Gem Diamonds recovers two high-quality diamonds from Letšeng
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 18th October 2021 LSE-listed Gem Diamonds has recovered a high-quality 245 ct Type II white diamond and a high-quality 102 ct Type II white diamond, from the Letšeng mine, in Lesotho. Gem Diamonds owns 70% of the mine, which is known for producing large, top colour, exceptional white diamonds, making it the... →
Miners’ rough diamond stocks ‘at minimal levels’ – Alrosa
By: Creamer Media Reporter 15th October 2021 Russian diamond miner Alrosa sold 9.2-million carats in the three months ended September, a 20% quarter-on-quarter decrease, owing to the lack of rough diamond inventories available for sale and the high base effect of the second quarter. The company, which produced 8.8-million carats in the... →
Ministry organises inaugural Angola International Diamond Conference
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 15th October 2021 The Angola Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas (MIREMPET) says the inaugural Angola International Diamond Conference (AIDC) will be held from November 25 to 27, in Saurimo, the capital of the Lunda Sul province. The AIDC will include the participation of Mining Ministers from the... →
Namdeb to extend land-based operations' mine life to 2042
By: Creamer Media Reporter 14th October 2021 Namdeb Diamond Corporation, a 50:50 joint venture between De Beers Group and the government of Namibia, have approved a new long-term business plan that will extend the current life-of-mine of its land-based operations as far as 2042. Under the previous business plan, the land-based Namdeb... →
BlueRock lifts third-quarter production
By: Simone Liedtke 12th October 2021 Aim-listed diamond producer BlueRock Diamonds, which owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine in South Africa’s Kimberley region, produced 7 682 ct during the third quarter. This is an effective increase of 38% compared with production in the third quarter of the 2020 financial year. →
Diamcor delivers more than 2 500 ct of rough diamonds for tender
By: Simone Liedtke 12th October 2021 TSX-V-listed Diamcor Mining has delivered 2 512.17 ct of rough diamonds for the company’s first tender and sale of the current quarter, ending December 31. The total carats delivered for this initial tender are in line with company expectations and the first since the company’s recent completion... →
BlueRock sells 7.1 ct diamond for more than $64 000
By: Simone Liedtke 7th October 2021 Aim-listed diamond producer BlueRock Diamonds has sold a 7.1 ct diamond for $64 826 in its September tender. BlueRock owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine, in South Africa’s Kimberley region. →
South Africa’s exploration investment lowest since democracy began, Joburg Indaba hears
By: Martin Creamer 7th October 2021 South Africa’s mining industry is at its lowest level of exploration investment since democracy began in 1994, the Joburg Indaba heard on Thursday. “Never have we spent less – and this is a pity because significant promises were made about an exploration plan for the country,” Joburg Indaba... →
Brown steps down as Mountain Province president, CEO
By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th October 2021 Canadian diamond miner Mountain Province Diamonds says it has reached a mutual decision with president and CEO Stuart Brown for him to step down from his position with immediate effect. Jonathan Comerford has been appointed Interim president and CEO, while the process to appoint a full-time... →
Alrosa records steady demand for large rough diamonds in key hubs
By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th October 2021 Russian diamond miner Alrosa in August and September sold 349 lots of diamonds, weighing more than 6 000 ct, at auctions in Antwerp, Dubai and Ramat Gan. The auctions, which attracted bidding companies from Belgium, Israel, India and the United Arab Emirates, generated $37.8-million in revenue. →
South Africa in danger of missing out on commodity boom, Joburg Indaba hears
By: Martin Creamer 6th October 2021 A much more enabling environment is needed to ensure that South Africa does not miss out on yet another commodity boom, the Joburg Indaba heard on Wednesday. “We know that we’ve missed at least one commodity boom,” Foskor chairperson, Industrial Development Corporation director and founding... →
Innovative wireless sensor approach could make exploration cheaper – Prof
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2021 An innovative wireless sensor method of mapping the subsurface of the earth could make exploration cheaper and mining safer, says Professor Musa Manzi, the award-winning director of the Seismic Research Centre of the School of Geosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. The method, which... →
Diamond industry ‘ready to reform’ with launch of upgraded industry-applied mechanism
By: Simone Liedtke 5th October 2021 The World Diamond Council (WDC) has launched its upgraded System of Warranties (SoW), which is an industry-applied mechanism that links rough and polished diamonds to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) with which producers were originally associated. Participants are also required... →
Diamond giant De Beers hunts for treasure in Greenland's waters
By: Reuters 5th October 2021 Mining giant De Beers has commissioned a survey of the ocean floor off Greenland's coast in a first step to determine whether it could hold deposits of highly-prized marine diamonds. The eight-day survey of around 800 km of seabed off Greenland's west coast, near the town of Maniitsoq, ended on... →
Investment in mining crucial to ensure continued contribution to economy – PwC
By: Martin Creamer 5th October 2021 Investment in the mining industry is crucial to ensure its continued contribution to the South African economy, says PwC in its thirteenth edition of SA Mine 2021, a series of publications that highlights trends in the South African mining industry. In a year of doom and gloom on so many fronts,... →
Giant private mining companies getting away with no obligation to report anything publicly 
By: Martin Creamer 4th October 2021 A globally significant chrome producer operating six chrome mines and employing 7 000 people inside South Africa – with a social labour plan obligation on every mine, with tax and royalty obligations paid to the State – is permitted to operate in this country with no ongoing public disclosure... →
Made-from-carbon-dioxide concrete, lululemons and diamonds spark investor excitement
By: Reuters 4th October 2021 What do diamonds, sunglasses, high-end lululemon sportswear and concrete have to do with climate change? They can all be made using carbon dioxide (CO2), locking up the planet warming gas. And tech startups behind these transformations are grabbing investor attention. →
Sunland Minerals’ Botswana prospecting licences renewed
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 4th October 2021 Botswana Diamonds subsidiary Sunland Minerals’ prospecting licences PL232 and PL235 of 2015 have been renewed for a two-year period starting October 1. Recent aeromagnetic and surveys followed by targeted ground magnetic surveys and soil sampling have identified drill targets on the two PLs. →
Sibanye-Stillwater moving to radical transparency on public tailings disclosure
By: Martin Creamer 29th September 2021 Gold, platinum and green metals company Sibanye-Stillwater is moving towards the embrace of radical transparency when it comes to public disclosure on matters relating to tailings facilities against the backdrop of 230 significant tailings failures having taken place globally. Sibanye-Stillwater... →
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman
Diamcor notes continued progress on growth objectives
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 29th September 2021 Dual-listed Diamcor Mining says the Phase 1 upgrade at the company’s Krone-Endora at Venetia project, in South Africa, is demonstrating its ability to achieve the targeted 100% increase in processing volumes. The upgrades are also expected to achieve the added benefit of reducing operating costs... →
Botswana Diamonds acquires control of Thorny River
By: Creamer Media Reporter 29th September 2021 London-listed Botswana Diamonds has exercised its pre-emptive right to acquire the outstanding third-party interests in Vutomi Mining and Razorbill Properties 12, giving it control of the Thorny River project in South Africa. Vutomi and Razorbill are currently owned by Botswana Diamonds MD James... →
Mantashe hopeful of turning Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape into new mining hotspots
By: Donna Slater 28th September 2021 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe hopes to spur growth in mining hubs within Limpopo, the North West and the Northern Cape provinces with the launch of the Limpopo Mining Investment Conference, which was held on September 28. During a keynote address, he explained that the... →
Barloworld reflects on resilient group performance
By: Schalk Burger 28th September 2021 JSE-listed equipment and services company Barloworld says the group achieved a resilient performance for the 11 months to August 31, in what remains a tough operating environment. The resilient performance was driven by a robust performance from industrial equipment, together with a substantial... →
Strong H1 sales continued into third quarter – Mountain Province
By: Creamer Media Reporter 28th September 2021 Diamond miner Mountain Province has reported strong third-quarter sales, generating C$93.9-million from the sale of 1.03-million carats, achieving an average value of C$91/ct. This brought the year-to-date sales to 2.35-million carats, for total proceeds of C$212.5-million. The strong result... →
SADPO welcomes Mining Charter judgment as key to unlocking investment
By: Donna Slater 23rd September 2021 The South African Diamond Producers Organisation (SADPO) has welcomed the September 21 judgment by the Gauteng High Court that the Mining Charter was not binding legislation, but rather an instrument of policy. The court case follows the Minerals Council, in early 2019, seeking a judicial review... →
Botswana Diamonds reports positive results from Thorny River drilling
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 21st September 2021 Aim- and BSE-listed diamond explorer Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has successfully completed its nine-hole drilling programme on the Thorny River property in South Africa. The objective was to see if two kimberlite blows – the River and River Extension – were one contiguous orebody, thus increasing... →
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