The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), part of De Beers Group, said that it has established four new diamond grading partnerships with leading diamond jewellery retailers in Thailand, Vietnam and China.

At a special meeting held yesterday, Dominion Diamond Corporation’s Shareholders “overwhelmingly approved” the arrangement for The Washington Companies’ affiliate Northwest Acquisitions ULC, to acquire “all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company for US$ 14.25 per share in cash”.

Gem Diamonds Limited yesterday announced that a high quality 115-carat, D colour Type IIa diamond has been recovered from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho.

Releasing its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017, BlueRock Diamonds said that it was on track to shortly achieve the monthly production target of 25,000 tonnes at its Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa even as the average grade mined continues to rise.