The 59.6-carat fancy vivid pink diamond has sold for US$71.2 million ($94 million), the highest price for any diamond item sold at auction in Asia.
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Lulo diamonds sell for more than $9 million
Lucapa Diamonds has sold $9.1 million worth of diamonds from its Lulo project in Angola at the completion of its second sale for 2017.
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Merlin Diamonds unearths Australia’s fifth largest diamond
Merlin Diamonds has discovered a 35.26 carat brown diamond at the Merlin diamond mine in the Northern Territory, the fifth largest diamond unearthed in Australia.
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Lucapa find second massive diamond in a week
Lucapa has uncovered a 172.67 carat diamond at its Lulo diamond project.
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Lucapa unearths largest pink diamond at Lulo to date
Lucapa Diamond has discovered a 38.6 carat pink diamond at their Lulo Diamond project in Angola.
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Petra unearths another large gem
Petra Diamonds has unearthed a 138.57 carat Type IIa diamond at its Cullinan mine in South Africa.
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Second largest diamond flops at auction
The world’s second largest diamond – the size of a tennis ball – has failed to sell at Sotheby’s auction in London on Wednesday.
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Vivid green diamond sale breaks two world records
Two world records have been set by a fancy vivid green 5.03 carat diamond on Tuesday at Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale, selling for $US16.8 million (AUD$23 million).
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Picking diamonds in the rough
Diamond sorting has taken another step forward in precision with the field testing and release of a new X-Ray Transmission machine, currently in use only in South Africa.
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The history of diamond mining
An interactive timeline showcasing the 3000 year history of diamond mining.
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Massive diamond unearthed in Russia
A massive 78 carat diamond, worth more than half a million dollars, has been unearthed on the Mirny Mir mine in Russia.
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Fake gold and diamond mine scams man for $350,000
A Perth man has allegedly been duped out of $350,000 after a woman persuaded him to invest in a fake gold and diamond mine in Sierra Leone.
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Lucapa finds another massive diamond in the rough
Another sizeable diamond has been discovered at a mine in Angola.
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Rio announces new diamond managing director
From September 1, Jean-Marc Lieberherr will take over the managing director’s position and will be responsible for all aspects of the diamonds business.
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Rio will not sell its aluminium asset
Mining giant Rio Tinto will not sell its underperforming Pacific Aluminium, its Australasian aluminium assets amid the mining slowdown.
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The top ten most expensive diamonds in the world [infographic]
The Australian Diamond Company has put together an infographic detailing the ten most expensive diamonds in the world, a bit of their history.
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Landslip at Ellendale diamond mine
Kimberley Diamonds has seen a wall slippage at its Ellendale mine, forcing it to temporarily suspend operations.
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Rio may have found buyer for stake in diamond mine
Rio Tinto may have found a buyer for its 60 per cent stake in the Diavik diamond mine in Canada, signalling the first of the company’s ‘non-core’ assets to go in a bid to cut costs.
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Ten surprising uses of valuable metals
Common and not so common metals play a major part in our lives, and sometimes in ways we would never imagine.
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More than diamonds in the rough: resource struggles in the Kimberley
The University of Melbourne's Peter Botsman discusses the future of mining in the Kimberley region.
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