Last week, mining giant DeBeers announced the closure of its lab-grown diamond business and its renewed commitment to natural diamonds. But northern Ontario’s mining industry isn’t expecting an ...

(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has unearthed a highly unusual 0.45-carat purple diamond at its Diavik mine in Canada's Northwest ...

Botswana has announced a 16% cut in its diamond production for 2025, a significant decision reflecting the country’s response to ongoing challenges in the global diamond market. ・Botswana will cut its ...

It's an old-mine cushion cut. GUEST: Right ... I just had to let you know about the diamond. GUEST: Well, I'm glad you did. That made my day. (laughing) My year. APPRAISER: Yeah, but thanks ...

Project Description Despite the downturn in the global diamond market since the second half of 2023, Debswana is pressing ...

An example is the old mine cut, which creates a squarish stone with rounded corners and a high crown (the top portion of the diamond), a style popular in the Georgian and Victorian eras.

Debswana, the joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government, has paused work for three months on Jwaneng Cut 9, the huge $2bn project that will unlock an estimated 53m carats of rough ...

Karowe Mine alone has produced four other diamonds ... in 1905 and gifted to the British monarchy in 1907. The diamond was cut into nine large stones and close to 100 smaller stones, some of ...

Composed of approximately 300 carats of old mine-cut diamonds, the historic piece was once worn during royal coronations and is rumoured to hold ties to the scandal that tainted Marie Antoinette ...