Commodity
Diamonds

On a mission to find

For those of you who frequent this spot once or twice a week, rest assured that Marilyn Scales, Canadian Mining Jou...

A diamond wrapped in maple leaves

The diamond industry encompasses far more than just finding the kimberlites and mining the stones. At the same time Canada is developing expertise in the exploration and mining of diamonds, it is also...

Ashton waltzes to centre stage in Quebec diamond play

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but they are also proving to be the best friend of exploration company Ashton Mining of Canada Ltd. and its 50/50 joint venture partner SOQUEM Inc. The Foxtrot pr...

Fire of the North line launched

Diarough Canada introduced its new Fire of the North diamonds to the jewellery trade at the Jewellery World Expo, held Aug. 7-9 at the National Trade Centre in Toronto. The stones are...

Gemstone news

Extra nice Beluga sapphire...

Diamond cleaning gets a robotic hand

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.' of Yellowknife, N.W.T., has a new automated robotic work-cell system at its Product Splitting Facility to handle the initial cleaning of diamonds from its mine, located 300...

De Beers’ NWT diamond cannery takes shape

The recent history of diamond exploration northeast of Yellowknife is bearing fruit, with the Ekati and Diavik mines already in production. Now the Snap Lake project has been permitted for development...