Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: LUC) is pleased to announce Mr. Anthony (Tony) George, P.Eng has joined Lucara as VP Development effective as of January 4, 2010. Mr. George is a mining engineer with over 27 years of experience in operations, design and construction. He commenced his career with De Beers in...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
De Beers and others in the gem industry are exploring how to create a viable market for diamond investment
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The future of the AK6 diamond project was put on a firmer footing on Wednesday with the announcement that Canadian-listed diamond junior, Lucara Diamond Corp, would be acquiring De Beer's 70 percent stake in the project for US$49 million (P322.4 million).
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Irish-listed exploration group African Diamonds today confirmed that it had brokered a deal to buy-out De Beers' 71 per cent stake in the Botswana AK6 project.
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Crown Acquisitions chairman Stanley Chera , owner of 15 million square feet of real estate, may have recently added a few of New York's most valuable retail properties to his portfolio: three exclusive Fifth Avenue storefronts occupied by Bottega Veneta, Pucci and De Beers. But that hasn't stopped him from accusing his onetime business associates of a Machiavellian "civil conspiracy" to...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: LUC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Sale Agreement to acquire a 70.268% interest in Boteti Exploration (Pty) Ltd. ("Boteti"), which holds a 100% interest in the AK6 project, from De Beers Prospecting Botswana (Pty) Limited ("De Beers")....
The Blay Report by Zandile Blay (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
THAKOON PANICHGUL GETS A NEW JOB The womenswear designer is named the creative director of Japanese jewelry line Tasaki. New York - Thakoon Panichgul was on the tip of every one's tongue during the 2008 presidential campaign. All thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama choosing to wear his pieces. Now the Thai fashion designer, who is known for his feminine yet flirty womenswear creations, is moving on...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
ANDREW Strauss continued his rich run of form with an unbeaten 117 to help England to an eight-wicket victory in their second tour match, against the Warriors at the De Beers
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Andrew Strauss and Joe Denly led the England charge with half-centuries at the De Beers Diamond Oval to give their side a comprehensive victory in their second tour match against the Warriors.
The Plank (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Celia Dugger has a good piece in this morning's Times about the diamond trade in Zimbabwe. The story is, predictably, depressing. The viability of an effort endorsed by the United Nations to halt the trading of the so-called blood diamonds that have fueled conflicts across Africa is on the line this week, and the test case is Zimbabwe. The question is whether participants in this global effort, now...
Plurter Article Sharing (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
This post was published on Plurter.com Oppenheimer defended his company’s handling of the controversial diamond buying by De Beers clients in the Congo. links of london sale In a UN report being followed up by the Department of Trade and Industry, De Beers was criticised for links with a group of diamond traders who bought gems in [...] This post was published on Plurter.com
Luxist (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Diamonds are among the hardest of all minerals. Still, they require special care to keep them looking their absolute best. The brilliance of any diamond depends on the amount of light that can enter the stone and reflect back to the human eye. However, the smallest deposit of grease on the surface of a stone can dull its reflection. Even a touch from a finger will leave a smudge of natural oil, according...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Maple Minerals Corporation (the Company) announces that it has agreed to appoint Geoffrey P. Cowley as its CEO. Geoffrey P. Cowley has significant experience in a range of world class metal mining operations in Africa, Asia, Middle East, ex Soviet Union and Russia. Before joining the Company Dr Cowley has held senior positions with such corporations as Kinross Gold Corporation,...
Aguanomics (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
This [unedited] guest post is by a student in my EEP100 class ( background post ). Please praise/critique/comment on its economic quality and importance to you. Soo Park says: What drives men to splurge on the perfect diamond when proposing to an attractive girl? For what purpose? Diamond is so expensive than other jewels because diamond’s has scarcity value, distribution structure and diamond’s...
The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
At the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Takedown Hall of Shame . Bogus copyright and trademark complaints have threatened all kinds of creative expression on the Internet. EFF's Hall Of Shame collects the worst of the worst. The exhibit includes NPR, National Organization for Marriage, Michael Savage, Polo Ralph Lauren, De Beers, Diebold, NBC, and (of course) Warner Music Group. Comments | Posted in...
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