Stornoway Diamond Corporation

SAFETY: Stornoway’s Renard team takes all at provincial rescue competition

May 6, 2019 by Canadian Mining Journal

QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. mounted a mine rescue team from the Renard mine – and they won all the awards at the 57th Quebec Provincial Mines Rescue Competition. The contest took place on May 2-4, 2019, in La Sarre,…

DIAMONDS: Stornoway to suspend open pit mining

April 9, 2019 by Canadian Mining Journal

QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal has decided to suspend mining at the Renard 65 open pit mining at its Renard diamond project 350 km north of Chibougamau. Instead, the Renard 65 stockpile will be processed until the second…

DIAMONDS: Stornoway ends year with revenue down, losses up

March 28, 2019 by Canadian Mining Journal

MONTREAL – Stornoway Diamond finished the 2018 calendar year with less production and revenue and more losses. Total net loss for the year was $329.4 million or $0.39 per share, compared to a net loss in 2017 of $114.2 million…

MINING PEOPLE: Hannan Metals, Stornoway, and Wallbridge

January 31, 2019 by Canadian Mining Journal

Vancouver-based Hannan Metals has promoted Lars Dahlenborg to the position of president of the company. Previously, he was VP exploration. The new VP operations at Stornoway Diamond Corp. in Montreal is Patrick Sevigny. He joined the company in January 2015…

MINING PEOPLE: Adventus, Guyana Goldfields, Nemaska Lithium, and Stornoway

January 24, 2019 by Canadian Mining Journal

Adventus Zinc Corp. has named Gunther Sotomayor its VP projects. He has over 30  years of experience including leadership of technical and project development teams. He holds a BSc degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and…

Stornoway’s ore sorting success

January 1, 2019 by Alisha Hiyate

First diamond mine to use the technology shares its results

MINING PEOPLE: Bridgestone Americas, NorZinc, SilverCrest, and Stornoway

November 15, 2018 by Canadian Mining Journal

Bridgestone Americas recently named Rob Seibert the new executive director of off-the-road sales at Bridgestone Americas Tires Operations. He was previously the company’s director of marketing, OTR, United States and Canada. He joined Bridgestone in 2015 after five years with…

DIAMONDS: Stornoway seeks more resources at Renard mine

November 7, 2018 by Canadian Mining Journal

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…

DIAMONDS: Stornoway successfully transitions Renard to underground production

September 6, 2018 by Canadian Mining Journal

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…

Stornoway’s Matt Manson speaks on the struggle to build Renard at PMF

October 30, 2017 by Canadian Mining Journal

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…

Stornoway’s Renard diamond mine reaches full production

October 1, 2017 by Alisha Hiyate

Stornoway blazes a trail in Quebec with the province’s first diamond mine

Top 10 Canadian-based diamond companies

July 17, 2017 by Canadian Mining Journal

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…