ARKANSAS - Crater of Diamonds State Park announces first quarter 2013 Crater Carats findings. As of March 31, 138 diamonds had been registered at the Crater in 2013. Visitors from Arkansas registered 98 diamonds during the first quarter, while visitors from Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, and 11 other states registered 39 diamonds. A family from Belize also registered one diamond in [...]
Apr 30 2013 | Posted in
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TORONTO – Following pre-consultation with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), the government of Ontario and First Nations communities in the area, De Beers is pleased to announce that the company is initiating a formal environmental assessment process for the potential development of the Tango Extension kimberlite deposit at the Victor Mine. The De Beers [...]
Apr 28 2013 | Posted in
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SOUTH AFRICA – Petra Diamonds recovered a 25.5-carat blue diamond at the Cullinan mine in South Africa and the stone is considered to be a high-quality gem diamond of top colour. Blue diamonds are among the rarest and most highly coveted of all diamonds, and the Cullinan mine is the most important source of blues [...]
Apr 19 2013 | Posted in
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TORONTO – Harry Winston Diamond Corporation completed the sale of its Harry Winston luxury brand business to the Swatch Group Ltd. As a condition of this transaction the Company name has now been changed to Dominion Diamond Corporation and will trade on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol DDC. Dominion Diamond Corporation is [...]
Mar 27 2013 | Posted in
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MOSCOW – The world’s biggest diamond producer Alrosa accounts for 25% of world’s diamond extraction and 97% of all diamonds mined in Russia. In the first half of 2012 the company’s net profit was $539.7 million and net revenue waas $2.55 billion during the same period. In late January, Factory № 14 owned by the [...]
Mar 27 2013 | Posted in
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TORONTO & NEW YORK – Mountain Province Diamonds is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce Dresner to the Company’s board of directors. Mountain Province Diamonds Appointments Bruce Dresner to Board of Directors Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers Canada in the Gahcho Kué JV located at Kennady Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Gahcho Kué is the [...]
Mar 14 2013 | Posted in
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Stornoway President and CEO Matt Manson gives an update on the Company and the Renard Diamond Project. The presentation is followed by a question and answer period with five questions.
Mar 9 2013 | Posted in
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LONDON - Element Six is made up of two businesses; Technologies, which is 100% owned by the De Beers Group; and Abrasives, which is ~60% owned by the De Beers Group, with Umicore, a major global materials group, owning the remaining ~40%. Element Six is a synthetic diamond supermaterials company. Element Six is a global leader [...]
Mar 8 2013 | Posted in
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VANCOUVER– De Beers has helped Mining for Miracles, BC’s mining community’s longstanding fundraising campaign for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, kick off 2013 fundraising with the launch of the Diamond Draw at the Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference January 28 in Vancouver. De Beers Canada Inc. has generously donated a diamond in support of the 2013 Diamond [...]
De Beers expects moderate growth in diamond jewellery demand in 2013. Anglo American believe’s that this will be supported primarily by a more positive picture emerging from China and India compared to 2012. In November 2011, Anglo American agreed to acquire the Oppenheimer family’s 40% interest in De Beers. In August 2012, Anglo American completed the [...]
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