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 ...

Pink diamonds are made under extreme pressure when two continents collide. The scientists hope that understanding this will help them find new hotspots for colorful diamonds. The world's largest ...

On Dec. 30, high school teacher James Ward was visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park with his wife Elizabeth and their ...

Lucara’s updated technical report shows Karowe’s underground project could recover 4.5 million carats over a ten-year mine ...

Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge ...

The global diamond business sank deeper in 2025 as weak demand, cheap lab-grown alternatives and geopolitical tensions combined to shake traditional mining to its core. Other producers also struggled.

(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 ...

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It’s said that pressure makes diamonds, but a diamond mining downturn is what’s putting pressure on the Northwest Territories ...

VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 5, 2026 /CNW/ - Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX: LUC) (BSE: LUC) (Nasdaq First North: LUC) ("Lucara" or the "Company") is pleased to ...

Mining can be dangerous, exploitative and harmful to the environment. Chie Murakami’s organization is aiming to change that by raising awareness and addressing the needs of miners. By Vivian Morelli ...