De Beers Opens Venture Capital Shop in Silicon Valley
Forbes reported the De Beers Group has established a venture group capital fund and opened an office in Santa Clara, Calif.
Forbes reported the De Beers Group has established a venture group capital fund and opened an office in Santa Clara, Calif.
Jeweller Magazine reported members from Nationwide Jewellers in Australia will visit the Jwaneng diamond mine in Botswana.
Reuters Africa reported De Beers expects global demand growth for rough diamonds to set a new record this year.
Reuters reported De Beers signed a new 10-year contract for a joint venture with Botswana to sort, vault and sale diamonds from Debswana.
Bloomberg reported De Beers has agreed to move sorting and trading of the gems to Botswana by the end of 2013.
Mining Weekly reported Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL,PINK:PDMDF) has acquired the Finsch diamond mine in South Africa from De Beers.
Bloomberg reports Petra Diamonds Ltd. (LON:PDL) will buy a diamond mine from De Beers for $210 million.
Bloomberg reports Namdeb said workers plan to start a strike tomorrow over housing allowances.
Forbes reports De Beers Group says that high prices and strong demand has resulted in a record for rough diamond sales.
Mineweb reports De Beers will take a decision on the R10-billion underground expansion of the Venetia mine.
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