MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. Alrosa mined the largest gem-quality diamond in the history of the country, the Russian diamond miner said in a statement. An amber-colored crystal weighing 468.30 carats and ...

Russia dominated the diamond market in the 1970s with its abundant natural resources and its partnership with De Beers, which at the time was distributing most of the world’s diamonds. Perhaps this is ...

Russian state-owned diamond giant Alrosa has pulled out of projects amid low sales to foreign customers. Sales have plummeted to the lowest level in a decade, driving business profitability into the ...

In a R5,2-million contract with Alrosa diamond-mine project in Russia, Johannesburg-based company UV+IR Engineering will supply six infra-red dryers. Technical director Burt Nel reports that one of ...

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionize industry. The Siberian ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's sporadic drive to raise money from state-owned assets took a step forward on Wednesday, when the government said it would cut its stake in diamond miner Alrosa as part of a ...

As the study notes, if Russian diamonds are banned, African diamond mining countries will be forced to certify each of their stones to confirm its geographical origin, which, according to ACRA, is ...

Angola's rough diamond production reached 10.7 million carats in the nine months to September, a government official said on Friday, as the country targets another record haul this year. The southwest ...