Sentences with phrase «diamond mining in»

The leading actor in the development of diamond mining in South Africa was Englishman Cecil Rhodes.

DWYKA Diamonds has moved to buy four diamond mines in South Africa's Northern Cape.

The gem, dubbed the Lesedi La Rona, is the largest diamond mined in over a century and is a a 1,109 - carat gem - quality stone.

Harry Winston's main mining asset is its 40 % stake in the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories.

By: African News Agency 1st May 2018 A diamond mine in Botswana, owned by now extinct Australian miner Kimberley Diamonds, is going up for sale at an online auction to be held Monday, as its liquidators failed to secure viable offers, reports MINING.com.

So in America (s) we have system defined by the rich get richer the poor stay in minimum wage, in China child labor is allowed, in the diamond mines in Africa abuses are allowed for the precious gift, smoking is allowed to exist (even if it kills you), etc..

She recently sued Zimbabwean newspaper, The Standard, after it published Wikileaks cables, which claimed she took huge kickbacks from diamond mines in Zimbabwe.

Rio Tinto today announced that it has lodged mining lease applications for its Bunder diamond project in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, India, which is a vital step in the development of what could be the first significant world class diamond mine in India.

His investigation takes him to Havana, Cuba, where he meets Jinx (Berry, Swordfish) and later back to England to confront a wealthy discoverer of a diamond mine in Iceland, Gustav Graves (Stephens, Severance).

A substantial amount of the diamonds mined in Africa are unregistered, which makes them ripe targets for smugglers — some of whom are desperate.

Our diamonds have a unique provenance in that they are sourced from some of the most culturally significant diamond mines in the world.

Experience the magnificent Bungle Bungle ranges after taking in vast lakes, irrigation areas, spectacular ranges, huge cattle stations, mineral exploration sites, dam walls, and the largest diamond mine in the world.

Not exact matches

«In that sort of environment, I think the retailers will have to become more competitive in terms of the prices they pay for diamonds and, as a consequence, maybe concentrating on the production and the mining end of the spectrum makes more sense.&raquIn that sort of environment, I think the retailers will have to become more competitive in terms of the prices they pay for diamonds and, as a consequence, maybe concentrating on the production and the mining end of the spectrum makes more sense.&raquin terms of the prices they pay for diamonds and, as a consequence, maybe concentrating on the production and the mining end of the spectrum makes more sense.»

Ekati, the area's first significant mine, began production in 1998, spurring an influx of activity that would see diamonds go from a zero - dollar industry to one that represented 20 % of the territorial economy by 2002.

It was a brash move for an exploration and production firm to tack on a high - end jewel retail arm, but it made perfect sense to the pragmatic Gannicott, who liked the efficiencies of operating in what he described then as «the two bookends of the diamond pipeline: mining and retail,» and who also saw the brand's prestige as having great potential in such emerging luxury markets as China.

News of Lucara's discovery of the Lesedi La Rona diamond (it was named in a national contest held in Botswana and translates into «our light» in the Tswana language) has helped invigorate a mining category that has languished in the wake of a global recession, not to mention a campaign by Blood Diamond star Leonardo DiCaprio to promote synthetic alternatives to alleviate working conditions of miners in Africa.

Dominion Diamonds» two active mines helped the company earn $ 498 million in profits last year — and should still be producing glittering stuff for years to come, according to Gannicott.

Canada's newer mines, such as De Beers» Snap Lake, or those in development (like Gahcho Kué, a joint venture between De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds currently in environmental assessment) aren't large enough to fill the void.

Thanks to recent efforts to consolidate its mining operations in the Northwest Territories and some savvy decisions on Gannicott's part, the Toronto - headquartered diamond producer is quickly becoming Canada's answer to Luxembourg - based De Beers.

«I knew we could source diamonds for the chain in a very efficient way, and the knowledge we'd be able to gain would be very useful in selling rough diamonds we were producing in our mines.»

Some analysts speculate these reviews could result in individual mine sales or initial public offerings of entire diamond divisions.

It cost Lucara $ 150 million to build its sophisticated mine (known as Karowe), and the company found its first diamond soon after the opening in 2012.

Rio Tinto is reportedly reassessing its mining activities (in addition to its Diavik stake, its diamond assets include Australia's Argyle mine, the Murowa mine in Zimbabwe, and Bunder, an advanced project in India) and is expected to make a decision on them by the end of the year.

But as Lucara has continued to process kimberlite, the igneous rock that sometimes contains diamonds, the company has been able to show a random distribution of very large stones in the mine's south lobe.

And as global awareness about the horrific practices surrounding the mining of so - called «blood diamonds» in Africa intensified, Aber's Canadian provenance didn't hurt its prospects.

Still, Mark says Lucara's recovery circuit shows good potential for finding more exceptional diamonds in the Karowe mine.

One day after a reported 100 workers lost their jobs at the Ellendale diamond mine, Kimberley Diamonds has announced the mine has been closed and its subsidiary Kimberley Diamond Company placed in voluntary administration.

Lucapa Diamond Company has netted another $ 9.6 million from the sale of 1,349 carats worth of diamonds recovered from its Lulo mine in Angola.

Perth - based Lucapa Diamond Company has sold a recently recovered 404 - carat diamond from its Lulo mine in Angola for $ 22.5 million.

The Whitewater Volcanics were surface sampled extensively 30 to 40 years ago in the hunt for another Argyle diamond mine.

About 2,500 metres of underground diamond drilling begins this week aimed at further extending the mine plan and potentially allowing an increase in the mining rate.

As a result, people started thinking about the provenance of their diamonds and wanted to be assured that no one, or the earth, was getting hurt in the process of mining them.

So a diamond is mined somewhere in Africa and traded several times before it makes it to one of the exchanges.

Swick will deploy four diamond drilling rigs to two of Independence Group's mining operations in WA.

The Letseng mine is famous for the size and quality of the diamonds it produces and has the highest average selling price in the world.

South African diamond mining giant De Beers is to extend its dominance of the international diamond market with a C$ 167 million hostile bid to acquire a majority shareholding in the Snap Lake diamond project, in the Canadian North West Territories.

The decision to sell the retail arm of the business to focus on mining follows Harry Winston's move late last year to acquire BHP Billiton's 80 % stake in Ekati for $ 500 million, Canada's first and largest diamond mine.

PERTH - based Reefton Mining NL, which recently picked up some hot diamond prospective property through a joint venture in Namibia, Southern Africa, has considerably expanded its diamond interests.

«This exceptional top - quality diamond is the largest to be mined to date and highlights the unsurpassed quality of the Letseng mine,» Chief Executive Officer Clifford Elphick said in a statement.

Capital investment in the Northwest Territories mining sector is increasing as a result of the expansion projects at the existing diamond mines.

Under normal market conditions, the Gold and Precious Metals Fund will invest at least 80 percent of its net assets in equity securities of companies predominately involved in the mining, fabrication, processing, marketing, or distribution of metals including gold, silver, platinum group, palladium and diamonds.

In as little as ten years, one of our world - class diamond mines may close.

«The end - buyer will likely be an ultra-ultra high - net - worth diamond collector,» said Martin Potts, a London - based mining analyst at FinnCap Ltd. «There will be huge prestige in owning the largest diamond that's not part of a royal collection.»

Typically, a jeweler such as Graff Diamonds Corp. or a group of investors would buy the gem and use computerized scanning technology to decide how to most profitably cut the stone into several pieces and mount them in jewelry, according to Maurice Mason, a mining analyst at Stifel Nicolaus Europe Ltd. in London.

Under normal market conditions, the World Precious Minerals Fund will invest at least 80 % of its net assets in common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, rights and warrants, and depository receipts of companies principally engaged in the exploration for, or mining and processing of, precious minerals such as gold, silver, platinum group, palladium and diamonds.

By: Simone Liedtke 25th November 2016 Mining industry consultancy The MSA Group says the significant increase in cost - estimate requests it has received for diamond exploration testing this year is continuing.

11-18-2005 2005 Drilling Program Completed on Caledonia's Mulonga Plain Joint Venture 11-14-2005 Caledonia Mining 3rd Quarter Results 2005 10-13-2005 Available online: Webcast of presentation to the Minesite Forum 10-11-2005 London: Presentation to the Minesite Forum 09-14-2005 Caledonia amends terms of share purchase warrants 09-13-2005 Caledonia and Motapa announce 11 drill targets at Mulonga Plain Kashiji Plain analytical results confirm possible local source 08-15-2005 Caledonia Mining signs a Memorandum of Understanding with a South African Black Economic Empowerment Consortium 08-12-2005 Caledonia Mining Second Quarter Results 2005 08-11-2005 Caledonia Mining Second Quarter Results Conference Call and Webcast 07-18-2005 Caledonia announces Summer Drilling Program on Kikerk Lake Property, Nunavut 06-22-2005 Caledonia Mining Corporation announces Admission to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and # 1.57 million placing 06-13-2005 Caledonia Mining signs a Letter of Intent with a Cobalt Refinery to supply 3 % of total annual world production 05-16-2005 Caledonia Mining 1st Quarter Results 2005 05-06-2005 Caledonia Annual Meeting set for Tuesday May 10th 2005 05-05-2005 Caledonia Mining Granted Prospecting Right for Grasvally and Will Commence the Drilling Program by Mid May 2005 03-29-2005 Caledonia Mining 4th Quarter and 2004 Annual Results 03-23-2005 Caledonia Mining Fourth Quarter and Annual results Conference call & webcast 03-08-2005 Mulonga Plain JV Exploration Work Program Update 02-23-2005 Caledonia Mining Appoints New Chairman 01-31-2005 Caledonia updates diamond exploration results at Mulonga Plain joint venture in Zambia.

10-24-2001 Kimberlite Sample Yields Significant Diamond Results 09-07-2001 Kimberlite Discovered On Kikerk Lake Property 08-29-2001 Financing Completed and 2nd Quarter Results 07-18-2001 Caledonia Acquires The Strategic Konkola West Prospecting Licence In Zambia [See Map as well] 07-05-2001 Caledonia Mining Corporation Announces the J.V. with Ashton is to Drill the Kikerk Lake Diamond Property 06-12-2001 Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] signs option to aquire an interest in platinum and diamond properties 06-06-2001 Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] commissions metallurgical test 06-05-2001 Financial goals achieved by Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] 04-19-2001 Caledonia announces financing and the cancellation of the Spring Hills Agreements 03-27-2001 News Release Caledonia Mining Corporation March 27, 20In Zambia [See Map as well] 07-05-2001 Caledonia Mining Corporation Announces the J.V. with Ashton is to Drill the Kikerk Lake Diamond Property 06-12-2001 Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] signs option to aquire an interest in platinum and diamond properties 06-06-2001 Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] commissions metallurgical test 06-05-2001 Financial goals achieved by Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] 04-19-2001 Caledonia announces financing and the cancellation of the Spring Hills Agreements 03-27-2001 News Release Caledonia Mining Corporation March 27, 20in platinum and diamond properties 06-06-2001 Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] commissions metallurgical test 06-05-2001 Financial goals achieved by Caledonia [CAL - TSE; CALVF - Nasdaq] 04-19-2001 Caledonia announces financing and the cancellation of the Spring Hills Agreements 03-27-2001 News Release Caledonia Mining Corporation March 27, 2001

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While Canada is already one of the largest diamond mining countries in the world, trailing only Botswana and Russia, the country still has tremendous untapped potential.