IDMA announces it will hold 2008 Presidents' Meeting in Gaborone, Botswana with emphasis on need for generic diamond marketing and promotion campaign
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Press Release September 5, 2008
Press Release September 5, 2008
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WDC aims to improve ethical sourcing structures
Improvements to industry regulations concerning responsible sourcing were the primary topic of discussion at the World Diamond Council’s (WDC’s) annual general meeting (AGM) in Mumbai, India, earlier this month.
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State of the diamond industry: new kids on the block(chain)
This is one of the six diamond engagement rings used in the test run of the TrustChain blockchain platform, one of multiple blockchains currently being tested in the diamond industry.
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Violence erupts as Angolan authorities push Congolese diamond miners out of the country
According to a report from the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the majority of the affected miners are from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which borders Angola to the northeast.
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Congo condemns alleged crackdown on diamond miners in Angola
The Democratic Republic of Congo has condemned a crackdown on artisanal diamond miners in Angola which has allegedly seen dozens killed and Congo nationals expelled from the country in violation of agreements – a claim Angola denies.
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Lucara to begin third party diamond sales with launch of blockchain channel
…the technology – known as “Clara” – would replace inefficient diamond sales through tender. It would also enable the company to sell third party diamonds as well as goods from its Karowe mine in Botswana.
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De Beers diamond production falls 5 percent in third quarter
De Beers, the world’s top diamond producer by value, saw rough diamond production decrease by 5% to 8.7-million carats in the quarter ended Sept. 30, mainly due to planned volume reductions in Botswana and South Africa.
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Petra tipped to have “turned the corner” on promise of free cash flow in 2019
“A refreshing quarter from Petra Diamonds delivered a production beat across most of the mines including Finsch and Cullinan where production guidance had recently been downgraded,” said Tyler Broda, an analyst for RBC Capital Markets.
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Petra Diamonds appoints MC mining chairman as non-executive director
Petra Diamonds Ltd said on Monday it has appointed Bernard Pryor and Varda Shine as non-executive directors with effect on January 1, 2019.
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Saskatchewan diamond mine gains provincial approval
The company recently announced the positive results of the independent preliminary economic assessment on the project, which estimates that 66-million carats of diamonds could be recovered in a surface mine over a 38-year project life.
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Namibia scraps mining empowerment rules in order to simulate new investment
“Our objective is to grow the mining sector where it can continue to meaningfully contribute to our socio-economic development,” mines minister Tom Alweendo told AFP.
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