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...

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...

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...

Mineral exploration spending in Qubec saw a remarkable increase in 2004, compared with the previous year, reaching $204 million for exploration and deposit appraisal combined. Gold exploration accoun...

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...

Extra nice Beluga sapphire...

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...

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...

Geologists often refer to exploration for large deposits as looking for elephants. Large deposits should be easier to find, they should have a long mine life because of their tonnage and they should b...

Diamond fields in Canada are typically characterized by two factors, which require the application of unconventional mining methods....