Karowe – a truly rare and spectacular find
Every diamond miner hopes to find a rare diamond. Fortunately, for diamond junior Lucara Diamonds, its flagship mine Karowe keeps revealing such gems, writes Laura Cornish. From 2012 until now has been...
View ArticleGem Diamonds recovers 100 carat white diamond and Letseng
LSE-listed Gem Diamonds says it has recovered a 100 carat, white, Type IIa diamond from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho. This rough diamond is the third diamond over 100 carats in size to be recovered from...
View ArticleRecovery of 12.47ct blue and 83.8ct white diamond
Gem Diamonds has recovered a rare 12.47 carat blue diamond and an 83.8 carat, exceptional quality, white diamond from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho. Gem Diamonds, the LSE-listed high value diamond...
View Article12.47ct blue diamond achieves record price
The sale on tender of a rare 12.47 carat blue diamond and an 82 carat exceptional quality white diamond have achieved outstanding prices. Gem Diamonds, the LSE-listed high value diamonds producer,...
View ArticleGem sells two +160 carat diamonds
Gem Diamonds has announced the sale of the two +160 carat diamonds recovered from the Letšeng mine at the end of January 2014. These two rough diamonds (a 162.02 carat diamond and a 161.31 carat...
View ArticlePolitical crisis in Lesotho does not disrupt Gem mine
British-based global miner Gem Diamonds, operating the Letseng mine in Lesotho, did not anticipate any impact on operations from the political crisis in the tiny land-locked nation, the company said on...
View ArticleBotswana’s first underground diamond mine
British-based miner Gem Diamonds on Friday announced the opening the Ghaghoo diamond mine on Botswana, which will be the first underground diamond mine in the country. The company operates the Letseng...
View ArticleGem Diamonds sells 198ct diamond for $10.6mn
Gem Diamonds announced the sale of the 198 carat diamond for $10.6 million or $53 746 per carat at a tender last month, the company announced on Tuesday. The 198 carat diamond was discovered the...
View ArticleGem Diamonds’ ramp-up at its new Ghaghoo mine
British-based global miner Gem Diamonds in its quarter report said ramp-up of its newly opened Ghaghoo mine was progressing well with the first production at the Botswana operation to occur in February...
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