JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Five miners who were trapped last week after a mudslide flooded a shaft remain unaccounted for and are “now presumed deceased,” the owners of the diamond mining company in South ...

T HE DIAVIK DIAMOND MINE sits on an island in the middle of a lake, which itself is surrounded by hundreds of other lakes and the barren lands of the Northwest Territories. From above, three ...

The world's long-term diamond leader De Beers has suffered a third successive annual write-down in its value by 85% owner ...

More than three decades after diamonds transformed Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) into a global mining powerhouse, the ...

Diamonds are uniquely valuable due to their extreme hardness and exceptional thermal conductivity, making them the hardest known natural material, about 58 times harder than any other, according to ...

During the FY-2025, 104,508 carats of natural diamonds were sold for revenues of $21,821,275 (US$ 16,405,929), averaging $209 per carat (US$157 per carat). This compares to 29,135 carats sold in ...

The N.W.T. has been bracing for its diamond mines to close for years, but recent announcements from two of the three ...

Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge ...

By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Brian Benza CAPE TOWN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Botswana plans to ramp up mining exploration, including for critical minerals, as it seeks to diversify beyond diamonds by ...

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