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- Alrosa Upbeat, Despite Tariffs and Lab Growns
on 14 December 2025 at 9:00 amAlrosa CEO Pavel Maryinchev gave a remarkably upbeat assessment of the natural diamond market, telling the Times of India (TOI) that the industry is adapting well to US tariffs and that the threat from synthetic diamonds is diminishing. Maryinchev....
- Police and Namdia to Tighten Security after $17m Diamond Heiston 10 December 2025 at 2:00 pm
Namibia's police force and its state-run diamond marketing company will work together to tighten security, after the armed raid in January in which $17m of rough stones were stolen and a security supervisor was shot dead. Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia)...
- Botswana Mining Boss Warns of Diamond Job Losseson 1 December 2025 at 4:00 am
The president of the Botswana Mine Workers Union is warning that US tariffs could make matters even worse for a country that has already seen diamond revenues plummet. Joseph Tsimako, representing 10,000 mine workers, fears his members could be...
- BHP Walks Away from Last-Ditch Bid for Anglo Americanon 26 November 2025 at 12:00 pm
Mining giant BHP has walked away from a last-ditch attempt takeover bid for Anglo American, parent company of De Beers. It announced on Sunday (23 November) that it was "no longer considering a combination of the two companies". Melbourne-based...
- Okavango Parts Company with its Managing Directoron 26 November 2025 at 10:00 am
Botswana's Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) is parting company at short notice with its managing director Mmetla Masire. The government-owned rough diamond marketing company said in a statement that the separation was "an amicable and...