Diamonds, usually forged in overwhelming heat and pressure miles deep in the Earth’s mantle, have now been made at atmospheric pressure and 100 degrees Celcius—the boiling point of water.
Nanometric-scale diamond particles could offer a new way to detect cancer far earlier than previously thought, which is the aim of an EU-funded research project called Dinamo.
The De Beers Venetia Mine, situated north of the Soutpansberg, launched the construction phase of the development of an underground project on Tuesday at the site.
Instead of having to use tons of crushing force and volcanic heat to forge diamonds, researchers at Case Western Reserve Univ. have developed a way to cheaply make nanodiamonds on a lab bench at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature.
Botswana is continuing to establish itself as a diamond exploration hot spot, with Pangolin Diamonds (CVE:PAN) hitting a new 52-week high on Monday after two kimberlite discoveries at its Tsabong North project in Botswana last week.
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The De Beers Group of Companies has begun construction of a new underground mine beneath its open-pit Venetia Mine in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Speaking at the launch of the construction phase of the De Beers Venetia underground diamond mine, South African President Jacob Zuma said the country's mining industry was poised for growth.
The Zimbabwe government has granted a license to a company named Global Diamond Trekkers to explore the potential for mining diamonds in a concession located in the Middle Sabi valley.
Rio Tinto posted a 12% jump on the year in rough diamond output to 4.16 million carats in the third quarter of this year. For the first nine months of the year, Rio Tinto’s diamond production surged 17% to 11.53 million carats.
Pangolin Diamonds (TSX.V: PAN) – a Botswana-focused Canadian miner – said on Wednesday that it had uncovered "one of the world's largest kimberlites."
Diamond production at its Murowa mine in Zimbabwe rose marginally to 279,000 carats during the first nine months of the year from 277,000 carats mined in the corresponding period last year.
UNITED Kingdom-based global mining group Rio Tinto’s share of production in Zimbabwean mine Murowa Diamonds has slid 24% in the third quarter of 2013, compared to the same period last year, to 70 000 carats.
Rockwell Diamonds reported that revenue rose 33.4 percent year on year to $9.9 million in its second fiscal quarter of 2014, which ended on September 30.
Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond producer by output, began Monday to sell shares in the company, after Russia decided to cut its stake in the state-owned firm earlier this month.
CVD is 100% pure diamond with fine grains in micron sizes, its grain boundaries are 100% diamond as well.
The offices of between eight and ten diamond companies and the courier firms that serve them in the diamond industry centers of India were raided last week by federal income tax officials.
August U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $161.7 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
Alrosa's JORC compliant reserves were measured at 608 million carats (mct) with an average grade of 1.34 carats per tonne (ct/t), while its compliant resource base stood at 973 mct.
World's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre is faced with the possibility of a drastic decrease in its polished diamond production ahead of Diwali.
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