GOMA, Congo (AP) — A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said Saturday.
ZIMBABWE’S vast deposits of platinum group metals, lithium, diamonds, gold and chromium have placed the southern African nation at the centre of a new scramble for Africa’s mineral wealth.
MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - There is no current need to purchase diamonds for the State Precious Metals and Gemstones Repository (Gokhran) to support Alrosa , as the mining company's financial ...
This searing piece, filed from Panna, one of India’s poorest corners, tells the tale of men and women who have spent years digging pits in the hope of finding a diamond. The shiny stone, they hope, ...
Lençóis is a historic town nestled in the heart of Chapada Diamantina, once known as a major center of diamond mining in ...
Botswana is sitting on nearly double its permitted diamond stockpile as weak prices and rising competition from lab‑grown stones curb demand, the government said, warning the glut will weigh on ...
Botswana's diamond stockpile is nearly double its target inventory levels amid persistent low prices, leaving the country ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian Shahed drones are dropping PTM-3 anti-tank mines in various parts of Ukraine. Source: Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, a ...
MOSCOW — Botswana plans to open an embassy in Moscow soon and has invited Russian investors to cooperate on rare earths and diamonds, Russia’s TASS state news agency quoted Botswana’s foreign minister ...
Botswana is ready to collaborate with Russia in the diamond sector to strengthen its economy, media reports cited Phenyo Butale, the African country’s international relations minister, as saying. The ...
The minister noted diversification aims for Botswana to "benefit from and participate in processing industries," including in diamonds, and to develop other minerals, "including rare earth ones." ...
Alrosa has recovered two rough diamonds from its Severalmaz mine in Russia, which it says are shaped in the holiday spirit. The company discovered both just before the holidays at the processing plant ...