Stornoway Diamond Corporation
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DIAMONDS: Stornoway seeks more resources at Renard mine
QUEBEC – Since the beginning of the year, Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal has been drilling and sampling at the Renard diamond mine in the James Bay region, about 350 km north of Chibougamau. The aim is to upgrade resources…
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DIAMONDS: Stornoway successfully transitions Renard to underground production
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal has achieved full underground mine design capacity at its Renard mine. The property is located 350 km north of Chibougamau in the James Bay region. In fact, mining was above budget. Over the…
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Stornoway’s Matt Manson speaks on the struggle to build Renard at PMF
The following is a transcript of the remarks made by Stornoway Diamond president and CEO Matt Manson at the Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto on Oct. 23, where he was presented with The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year award…
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Stornoway’s Renard diamond mine reaches full production
Stornoway blazes a trail in Quebec with the province’s first diamond mine
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Top 10 Canadian-based diamond companies
Canada is the fifth-largest diamond producer in the world, according to the Mining Association of Canada. Last year two new diamond mines came into production: Gahcho Kue in the Northwest Territories and Renard in Quebec. Here are the top 10…
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Five reasons diamond stocks have been dragging
In the first quarter of 2017, a market-cap weighted aggregation of diamond miners in U.S. dollars including Alrosa (RTS: ALRS), Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL), Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC), Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD), Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC), Stornoway Diamond(TSX: SWY), Firestone Diamonds (LSE: FDI), and Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPV, NASDAQ: MPVD) was up…
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Stornoway’s Matt Manson on the long road to production at Renard
In this feature interview, Matt Manson, president and CEO of Stornoway Diamond (TSX-SWY), reflects on his decade-long journey leading the company that transformed Renard from a grassroots exploration project in remote Quebec into the province’s first diamond mine — a feat that…
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COMMENT: New chapter for Canadian diamonds?
This writer has a fondness for Canadian diamonds, as do many CMJ readers. The stones are beautiful, world famous and conflict free – an excellent accomplishment for a sector that didn’t exist 35 years ago. But could the Canadian diamond…
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DIAMONDS: Stornoway raises US$7.6M with first sale
QUEBEC – This week in Amsterdam Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal made the first sale of diamonds from its Renard mine in the James Bay region. A total of 38,913 carats were sold at an average price of US$195 per…
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Stornoway’s First Diamonds
Stornoway marks the end of a 15-year journey to build Quebec’s first diamond mine.
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Update: Stornoway starts diamond production at Renard
It’s not easy to over deliver, or let alone deliver according to plan. But, it’s what Stornoway Diamond (TSX:SWY) has a knack for doing. In mid-July, the company started processing ore at Quebec’s first operating diamond mine, ahead of its already…
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NATURAL GAS: Deliveries for Stornoway’s Renard mine
Stornoway’s Renard diamond mine, located approximately 1400km north of Montreal, is scheduled to get liquefied natural gas (LNG) thanks to the Quebec government’s plan of deploying its 2030 Energy Policy and the Northern Plan. The Minister of Energy and Natural…
