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- 41st World Diamond Congress to Open Next Week in Singapore
on 8 July 2026 at 12:00 amWorld Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), together with the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), will convene in Singapore from 12 to 15 July 2026.
- Small Diamond Miners Turn to Goldon 7 July 2026 at 12:00 am
Reports from several diamond-producing countries indicate that small diamond miners have shifted from diamond to gold mining. Small alluvial mining operations are relatively easy to convert into gold mining, as most of the equipment is similar in both operations.
- Milestone Tender Opens Market to DRC Minerson 18 June 2026 at 2:00 pm
A sale of rough diamonds from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Antwerp today (18 June) broke a decades-old pattern which locked artisanal miners out of the international market. In what is billed as a world first, a small parcel of diamonds from ...
- De Beers Sale could be "Weeks Away" says CEOon 17 June 2026 at 12:00 pm
The sale of De Beers may be just weeks away, according to CEO Al Cook - ending more than two years of uncertainty for Anglo American's loss-making diamond company. Divestiture is "closer than it has ever been," he told the Reuters NEXT...
- Union Condemns Petra's Mine Suspension and Jobs Threaton 16 June 2026 at 12:00 pm
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has condemned Petra over its decision to put its Finsch mine into business rescue, and to issue a jobs warning for its other deposit, at Cullinan. The union says a total of 1,779 jobs are at risk...