Botswana is pitching Canadian miners on its stock exchange as a way to fund copper and battery metals projects while the country […]
Rising costs, depressed prices and heightened competition from synthetic stones have forced the owner of the Ekati diamond mine in Canada’s Far […]
The idea of finding diamonds in Saskatchewan was met with scepticism in the 1980s. A Russian geophysicist, Dr. J.G. Strnad, predicted the existence of diamondiferous kimberlites, noting the large geophysical anomalies in the province’s...
At midnight on Valentine’s Day this year, as the Northern Lights swirled eerily overhead and a crisp breeze amplified the -20C chill, an unusual convoy of Western Star heavy haul trucks, pilot vehicles, and highway escorts were...
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. has entered into an impacts and benefits agreement for the Renard diamond project in the Otish Mountains. The “Mecheshoo Agreement” was signed with the Cree Nation of Mistissini and the Grand...
QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Vancouver is readying its Renard diamond project in the Otish Mountains for the start of production in 2015, and excitement is building around Quebec’s first diamond mine.
Renard has the potential to yield some of the biggest and most valuable diamonds Canada has ever produced.
The Diavik mine rescue team will compete in the 10th Biennial National Regional Mine Rescue Competition in Fernie, BC, thanks to its second-place finish in the recent Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission's competition in Yellowknife.
BOTSWANA - Redpath South Africa has been awarded a first-of-its-kind inclined tunnelling contract in Africa. The approximately C$9.4- for the development of a sand tunnel at the re-commissioned Ghaghoo diamond mine in Botswana. The site, which...
For those of you who frequent this spot once or twice a week, rest assured that Marilyn Scales, Canadian Mining Jou...
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES A stunning, gem-quality 25.13-ct diamond has been recovered from the 2008 Tuzo bulk sample ...
QUEBEC - LAB CHRYSOTILE of Thetford Mines has reached a safety milestone. One crew at the Black Lake open pit asbes...
SOUTH AFRICA - Vancouver's ROCKWELL VENTURES, which is gaining interests in four South African diamond properties, ...
QUEBEC - The Foxtrot property, in particular the Renard 9 kimberlite, continues to yield beautiful, large stones fo...
