4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (266+ words) (IDEX Online) - Botswana's credit rating has been downgraded for the second time in six months by the ratings agency S&P Global, in response to ongoing weak global demand for diamonds. The world's second biggest diamond producer had held steady…...

21+ hour, 56+ min ago  (349+ words) (IDEX Online) - A mining union in South Africa is trying to halt the liquidation of the Ekapa mine, following a disaster that is feared to have claimed the lives of five workers. It's concerned that the mine will abandon efforts…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (487+ words) It's almost eight months since the Luanda Accord was agreed - and diamond producers pledged one per cent of their rough revenue to fund a global NDC campaign promoting natural stones. Multiple opportunities to tell and sell the story of natural…...