Releasing its production update for the three months ended June 30, 2018, mining conglomerate Anglo American plc said that De Beers had seen a 3% growth in rough diamond production to 9.0 million carats during this period.

Sergey Ivanov, the CEO of ALROSA, was named as one of the best CEOs in the mining sector, by Institutional Investors’ ranking, the Russian miner announced today.

The Board of the Diamond Empowerment Fund (D.E.F) at a recently held Board meeting approved a sum of up to US$ 500,000 in grants “to help students and young entrepreneurs from diamond mining countries or where the diamond industry does significant global business”.

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. today announced record production results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018 (Q2 2018) from the Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine (GK Mine). The Company also reported production results for the first half of 2018 (H1 2018).