Russia, Congo, Botswana hold 80% of global diamond reserves Russia, Congo and Botswana combined have the lion's share of the world’s 1.1 billion million carats in reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 13, 2020 | 7:05 am
IAMGOLD hails drill results from Quebec project The positive results include ore from the Astoria area and the Lac Gamble Zone on the project, 45 km. southwest of its Westwood mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 13, 2020 | 4:08 am
Lucapa finds 171-carat diamond at Angola mine It's the 15th diamond over 100 carat recovered to date from the prolific Lulo mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 12, 2020 | 9:31 am
Alrosa’s anemic April sales a new sign of market agony The world’s top diamond producer by output saw sales dive 95% in April compared to the same month of 2019. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 12, 2020 | 7:04 am
Pressure builds on Teck Resources to oust boss Impala Asset Management is the second investor in a month to criticize CEO Don Lindsay's management. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 12, 2020 | 3:43 am
Pure Gold on track to open Red Lake mine this year The Canadian junior is targeting the end of 2020 for the first gold pour at the high-grade, past-producing mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2020 | 10:01 am
SolGold scores $150m in funding from Franco Nevada The Ecuador-focused copper and gold miner will use the funding to speed up a feasibility study of its Alpala project. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2020 | 5:45 am
Demand for battery metals to jump 500% by 2050 The World Bank estimates that over 3 billion tonnes of minerals and metals will be needed to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 11, 2020 | 4:03 am
Shandong Gold grabs TMAC for $149 million TMAC is the third underperforming Canadian gold junior to be acquired in the past few months. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2020 | 7:01 am
Lucara Diamond in the red as market conditions worsen Lucara lost $3.2 million in the first three months of the year, compared to $7.4 million in earnings in Q1 2019. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 8, 2020 | 4:05 am