Mining

Alrosa is yet to decide whether to cut the rock or sell it as a rough

From 34 million carats to 28-31 million carats - a 17% reduction

Endiama has revised its output to 2 million, instead of the 10 million it had originally forecast

Almost all mining and cutting has been suspended until the end of summer

De Beers responds to a fall in mining operations, wholesale trading activity and consumer traffic

AGD credits its "environmentally friendly technologies” for this latest find

Reserves at Lulo are 25% higher than previously thought, price per carat has soared 14%

This is the second diamond bigger than 100 carats it has found this year

The stone is a bright yellow gem-quality diamond weighing 17.44 carats

Lucapa found 45 diamonds weighing 30.3 carats - some of which are Fancy and rare

The Letšeng mine keeps on delivering, with three big diamonds found in one day

The stone is an unbroken 549 carat white diamond of exceptional purity”

For the full 2019, rough diamond sales by volume fell 8% to 30.9 million carats

Total exploration costs at the huge Mir mine are estimated at around $32 million

The stone is the 14th +100 carat diamond recovered to date from Lulo

Dominion and De Beers are looking to explore for diamonds around Gahcho Kue and Ekati

The technique will use the Goldrop gold separating processor in Ghana

Lucapa produced 49,120 carats in 2019 - a record annual high for the company