The N.W.T. has been bracing for its diamond mines to close for years, but recent announcements from two of the three ...

N.W.T.'s Industry Minister Caitlin Cleveland says it's vital for the territory to diversify its economy, amid uncertainty ...

By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Brian Benza CAPE TOWN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Botswana plans to ramp up mining exploration, ...

(Reuters) - Petra Diamonds, which has the world's third-largest resource of diamonds, said on Wednesday it had delayed the sale of gems from its Cullinan Mine in South Africa until there was greater ...

Namibia has the richest known deposits of marine diamonds in the world, estimated at around 75 million carats ...

Diamonds are uniquely valuable due to their extreme hardness and exceptional thermal conductivity, making them the hardest known natural material, about 58 times harder than any other, according to ...

Botswana is stepping up exploration beyond diamonds as weak prices and lab-grown rivals expose risks of reliance.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, an old saying which explains why the world’s diamond miners have started “high grading” their assets, risking rapid depletion of reserves. The large-scale ...

The discovery of the Lucara Diamond in August in the Karowe Mine in northeast Botswana rocked the jewelry industry, but few were as moved by the historic find as Susan Jacques, the president and chief ...