Diamonds

Child soldier in Sierra Leone (Source: The Sierra Leone Telegraph) IMPACT, a Canadian-based civil society entity, has withdrawn from the Kimberly Process, citing lack of credibility. In a report published...

By Bruce Cleaver  In a world of fleeting connections and disposable luxury, diamonds must stand for enduring value that is grounded in confidence. Confidence that a diamond has been responsibly...

The De Beers Group started excavation work on an underground extension to its Venetia Mine in South Africa in 2013. The new development is expected to extend the life of...

Completed bulkhead 1A installation TDS Projects Construction is completing a mammoth installation of extensive ground handling infrastructure at Petra Diamond’s Finsch Mine in South Africa. The project which commenced in...

For months now, Africa's rough diamonds have been increasing in value but the sale proceeds do not reach the people. Instead, they benefit the metropolitan elite and the mine companies,...

Letšeng Diamonds                                 Photo/Courtesry of Gem diamonds The Letšeng diamond mine, in Lesotho, recovered several diamonds larger than 100 ct during...

The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), an entity owned by the Government of Zimbabwe, is involved in a dispute with a community at Charleswood in Manicaland province over plans to...

An Inside Job, a report recently published by Global Witness has uncovered the source of funding for Zimbabwe’s notorious government security apparatus, which, for a long time, has been a...

Tanzania's President  John Pombe Magufuli.  REUTERS Tanzanian government  is threatening to nationalise diamonds whose value it put at $29.5-million belonging to a mine majority owned by Petra Diamonds after it accused the miner...

De Beers is reviewing its approach to the development of smaller mining projects as the diamond giant considers its future strategy in a situation where there have been no major...