The De Beers Group faced off tricky macro-economic conditions to record first-half earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $0.3-billion, with the diamond... 

South African State-owned mining company African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC) is actively searching for partnerships with South Sudanese mining companies, according to an... 

An international team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has discovered that the breakup of tectonic plates is the main driving force behind the generation and eruption of... 

The challenge of producing green hydrogen economically is now done and dusted. “That box has been ticked,” Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen assured Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview.... 

The value of rough diamond sales from global sightholder sales and auctions for diamond miner De Beers’ sixth sales cycle of this year reached a provisional figure of $410-million, down $46-million... 

Diversified miner Anglo American’s diamond mining subsidiary De Beers Group has delivered first production from the underground operations at the Venetia mine, in Limpopo, which it built at a cost... 

Diversified mining company Anglo American lifted second-quarter production by 11% compared with the second quarter in 2022, reflecting the ramp-up of its new Quellaveco copper mine in Peru, which... 

Global miner De Beers' rough diamond production decreased by 5% year-on-year to 7.6-million carats in the second quarter as a result of the planned reduction in South Africa while the Venetia... 

ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company has reported a strong second-quarter performance, with a record volume of material mined and treated at its Lulo mine, in Angola and its Mothae mine, in Lesotho.... 

TSX-V-listed Diamcor Mining, which owns and operates the Krone-Endora at Venetia diamond mine, in South Africa's Limpopo province, has acquired additional heavy equipment for use at the mine. The... 

With an operational turnaround under way at diamond miner Petra Diamond’s Finsch mine, in South Africa; the restart of its Williamson mine, in Tanzania, running ahead of schedule; and the company’s... 

Canadian diamond miner Mountain Province continues to hold a positive demand outlook for smaller goods, despite the softening of the broader rough diamond market in the second quarter of the year.... 

Canada-based Lucara Diamond Corp has pushed out the completion date for its underground expansion project (UGP) at the Karowe mine, in Botswana, by a year-and-a-half and increased its capital cost... 

A new deal Botswana signed this month with De Beers that will give it access to more diamonds mined within the country will be a major boost for the economy, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said in an... 

With the potential to become a global mining superpower, construction and mining focussed law firm NSDV says progress in Zimbabwe’s mining sector is perennially obstructed by economic and political... 

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports that mining production decreased by 0.8% year-on-year in May, with the largest negative contributors having been platinum group metals (PGMs) and... 

In this article, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy media relations director Ernest Mulibana writes about the scourge of illegal mining in South Africa and its impact on the economy. 

This week: De Beers commits billion pula upfront to diamonds-for-development in Botswana; Lawyer says South African regulator not doing enough to promote junior mining; and, water power in... 

Canadian diamond mining company Diamcor Mining has completed the reconfiguration of the existing generator systems at its Krone-Endora at Venetia diamond mine project, in Limpopo, South Africa.... 

Diamond miner Lucapa Diamond Company on Monday announced the resignation of its MD and CEO Stephen Wetherall, at the end of the month. The company told shareholders that executive director of... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Cennergi’s power purchase agreement which will see it supply renewable energy to Exxaro’s flagship mine; the proudly South African High Pressure Water... 

The long-standing use of water to cool underground mines is increasingly providing the opportunity to apply the free water pressure head that this offers to energise mining equipment. High-pressure... 

A 180 ct white diamond has been recovered from the Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola. ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company on Thursday reported that the diamond, which weighs 180.87 ct is classified as a... 

Aim-listed Kazera Global continues to make progress at both a corporate and operational level, and of particular importance is the increased cooperation and positive relationship between Kazera’s... 

Johannesburg-based Pioneer Tender House says the 29.52 ct Protea Pink diamond was sold on tender for a record $271 307/ct. This is the highest sale price for any diamond sold by Pioneer to date.   

This week: Venetia mine rapidly becoming a flagship in advancing De Beers’ climate ambition; Private sector working with government on multiple work streams to end loadshedding; and, Capital cost... 

The major theme of the recent Junior Indaba was the concern that the South African regulator is not doing enough to promote junior mining in South Africa. Government’s role should be to cut red... 

ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company has fully repaid all interest-bearing loans that it had borrowed from gold exploration and mining company Equigold and the Industrial Development Corporation of... 

In this opinion article, policy adviser and former CEO of De Beers Botswana Sheila Khama writes about the implications of the heads of agreement signed by the Botswana government and diamond miner...