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THE SHEAHAN LITERATURE SERVICE

Diamonds, Kimberlites, and Related Geology

November 2014

Highlights

The Sheahan Literature Service is dedicated to advancing research driven mineral exploration by increasing the awareness and availability of scientific publications and technical resources.

Sheahan Literature Services Patricia Sheahan

Email: [email protected]

Collecting quotations is an insidious, even embarrassing habit, like ragpicking or hoarding rocks…

Robert Byrne

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. L.E. Landon

Michael Brook’s book entitled: Botswana’s Diamonds Prospecting to Jewelry **** see reference. The first book ever to be published on the history of the Botswana Diamond Industry, starting with early prospecting, evaluation, mining, sorting, valuation, polishing, cutting and Botswana Diamond Jewelry. In fact the complete Botswana “Diamond Pipeline” is covered. Excellent coloured photographs and historical facts up to present. ( 286p.) Geological Society of America Annual Conference held Oct. 19-22, Vancouver …. Two special sessions on Gemological Research in the 21st Century: exploration, geology, and characterization of diamonds and other gem minerals. Vol. 46, no. 6, 2014 Individual abstracts listed in the technical section. V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences International Symposium Advances in high pressure research: breaking scales and horizons Sept. 22-26, 2014 Individual abstracts listed in the technical session. Bosman, J. The art and science of Dense Medium Selection. IN: South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Garzanti et al. Physical controls on sand and composition .. detrital minerals in Namibia and Angola ( diamonds featured) IN: Sedimentology Hanger et al. Relationships between oxygen fugacity and metasomatism …. Wesselton IN: Lithos Huizenga et al. Diamond precipitation from ascending fluids in Kaapvaal lithosphere IN: Comptes Rendus Kamenetsky et al. Towards a new model for kimberlite petrogenesis: evidence IN: Earth Science Reviews Viljoen et al. Trace element chemistry of peridotitic garnets in diamonds from Premier and Finsch IN: Lithos Please note: I am considering having only my cell phone 647 208-7750 line ( and at the end of the calendar year end my landline 416 223-7750) Pat Sheahan Honorary Research Associate University of British Columbia /MDRU

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&1 D1411-01 Brook, M. 2013 Botswana Diamonds.

Prospecting to Jewellery. Beautiful coloured photographs, history to current.

Available signed by author or from Amazon.com 286p., Priced incl. postage SADC Countries $ US 50. Rest of Africa, Europe $ US 75. USA,Canada and rest of world $ US80.

M. Brook Kwena Pools Plot 46 Notwane P.O. Box 25283, Gabarone Botswana, email [email protected]

News item - Book

&2 D1411-02 Scales, M. 2014 Stornoway tames

Renard. Quebec's first diamond mine prepares for 2016 start.

Canadian Mining Journal, October pp. 22-27.

Canada, Quebec

Deposit - Renard

&3 D1411-03 Cody, G.,

Guthrie, M. 2014 Smallest possible

diamonds form ultra-thin nanothread.

Carnegie Institute Geophysical Laboratory, Sept. 25, 2p.

Technology

Carbon molecules

&4 D1411-04 El Goresy, A.,

Dubrovinsky, L.S., Gillet, P., Mostefaoui, S., Graup, G., Drakopoulos, M., Simionovici, A.S., Swamy, V., Masaitis, V.L.

2003**

A new natural, super-hard, transparent polymorph of carbon from the Popigai impact crater, Russia.

Comptes Rendus, Geoscience, Vol. 335, pp. 889-898.

Russia, Yakutia

Meteorites

&5 D1411-05 Pouclet, A.,

Allialy, M., Daouda-Yao, Esso, B.

2004**

Decouverte d'un diatreme de kimberlite diamantifere a Seguela en Cote-d'Ivoire.


Africa, Ivory Coast

Diatremes

&6 D1411-06 Huizenga, J.M.,

Crossingham, A., Viljoen, F.

2012**

Diamond precipitation from ascending reduced fluids in the Kaapvaal lithosphere: thermodynamic constraints.


Africa, South Africa

Redox melting

&7 D1411-07 Heffernan, V. 2014 Rediscovering its

swagger. A look at how Canada's minerals industry can adapt in the face of uncertainty.

Core Magazine * with permission of PDAC, Fall, pp. 4,5,6,8,9.

Canada

Discoveries - costs, mine-life trends, reglatories

&8 D1411-08 Grishina, S.N.,

Polozov, A.G., Mazurov, M.P., Goryinov, S.V.

2014 Genesis of chloride-carbonate segregations of the Udachnaya-East pipe.

Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 458, 1, pp. 1129-1131.

Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Udachnaya-East

&9 D1411-09 Simakov, S.K. 2014 Calculation of the

equilibrium C-O-H fluid for ilmenite xenocrysts and estimation of

Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 458, 1, pp. 1171-1173.

Russia, Angola

Ilmenite




diamond potential.

&1 D1411-10 Sun, J., Liu, C-

Z., Tappe, S., Kostrovitsky, S.I., Wu, F-Y, Yakovlev, D., Yang, Y-H., Yang, J-H.

2014 Repeated kimberlite magmatism beneath Yakutia and its relationship to Siberian flood volcanism: insights from in situ U-Pb and Sr-Nd perovskite isotope analysis.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 404, Oct. pp. 283-295.

Russia, Yakutia

Kimberlite magmatism

&2 D1411-11 Wirth, R.,

Dobrzhinetskaya, L., Harte, B., Schreiber, A., Green, H.W.

2014 High-Fe (Mg,Fe)O inclusion in diamond apparently from the lowermost mantle.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 404, Oct. pp. 365-375.

Mantle

Diamond inclusions

&3 D1411-12 Ititani, R.,

Takeuchi, N., Kawakatsu, H.

2014 Intricate heterogeneous structures of the top 300 km of the Earth's inner core inferred from global array data.II. Frequency dependence of inner core attentuation and its implication.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 405, Nov. pp. 231-243.

Mantle

Geophysics - seismics

&4 D1411-13 Kamenetsky,

V.S., Golovin, A.V., Maas, R., Giuliani, A., Kamenetsky, M.B., Weiss, Y.

2014 Towards a new model for kimberlite petrogenesis: evidence from unaltered kimberlites and mantle minerals.

Earth Science Reviews, in press 58p. Available

Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Udachnaya

&5 D1411-14 Fritsch, E.,

Toledo, V., Matlins, A.

2014 Record size natural moissanite crystals discovered in Isreal.

Gems & Gemology, Vol 50, 2, summer 2p.

Europe, Israel

Moissanite

&6 D1411-15 Rudolph, M.L.,

Zhong, S.J. 2014 History and dynamics of

net rotation of the mantle and lithosphere.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 15, 9 pp. 3645-3657.

Mantle

Geodynamics

&7 D1411-16 Shinn, J.E.,

King, B., Young, K.R., Crews, K.A.

2014 Variable adaptations: micro-politics of environmental displacement in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Geoforum, Vol. 57, pp. 21-29.

Africa, Botswana

CSR

&8 D1411-17 Ardon, T.,

Magana, S. 2014 Spatial correlation of

infrared and PL optical centers in hydrogen rich diamonds.

Geological Society of America Conference Vancouver Oct. 19-22, 1p. Abstract

Africa, Zimbabwe

Diamond absorption

&9




D1411-18 Barwood, H.L. 2014 405 NM laser luminescence spectroscopy of natural diamonds.


Technology

Microdiamonds

&1 D1411-19 Breeding, C.M.,

Wang, Wuyi 2014 A spectroscopic look at

green and blue gem diamonds colored by artificial irradiation treatment.


Technology

Irradiated diamonds

&2 D1411-20 Das, J.N., Prospect of gemstones

of India in 21st century. Diamond and other gem stones


India

History

&3 D1411-21 Galillou, E.,

Post, J.E., Steele, A., Butler, J.E.

2014 Constrains on highly strained pink diamonds by high spatial resolution FTIR and Raman mapping.


Technology

Pink diamond colour

&4 D1411-22 Groat, L.A. 2014 Gem production and

potential in Canada. Diamond and other gem stones


Canada

Gemstones

&5 D1411-23 Kosman, C.W.,

Kopylova, M.G., Hagadorn, J.W., Hurlburt, J.F.

2014 First data on the diamondiferous mantle of the Kasai Shield, (Congo Craton) from diamond mineral inclusions.


Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Diamond morphology, inclusions

&6 D1411-24 Krebs, M.Y.,

Pearson, D.G., Stachel, T., Stern, R.A., Nowicki, T., Cairns, S.

2014 Variability in diamond population characteristics across the size range 0.2-3.4 MM - a case study based on diamonds from Misery ( Ekati mine).


Canada, Northwest Territories

Diavik mine - Misery

&7 D1411-25 Luth, R.,

Stachel, T. 2014 The buffering capacity

of cratonic mantle peridotite: implications for the formation of diamond.


Technology

Diamond formation - CHO fluids

&8 D1411-26 Newton, D.,

Kopylova, M.G., 2014 Lithological column of

the mantle below the Muskox kimberlite , N Slave Province.



Muskox xenoliths

&9 D1411-27 Palot, M. 2014 Isotopic constraints on

the nature and circulation of deep mantle C-H-O-N fluids:


Africa, Guinea

Diamond growth episodes




carbon and nitrogen systematics within super deep diamonds from Kankan Guinea.

&1 D1411-28 Smit, K.V.,

Wang, Wuyi, Shirey, S.B., Wang, J.

2014 Growth conditions of mixed-habit diamonds from Marange, Zimbabwe.


Africa, Zimbabwe

Diamond morphology

&2 D1411-29 Stachel, T.,

Stern, R.A., Petts, D., Nichols, K., Chacko, T.

2014 SIMS application to diamond research.


Technology

Diamond growth

&3 D1411-30 Wang, Wuyi,

D'Haenens-Johansson, U., Smit, K., Breeding, C.M., Stern, R.

2014 Carbon isotope analysis of CVD synthetic gem diamonds.


Technology

Synthetics

&4 D1411-31 Wirth, R. 2014 Characterization of

diamonds and other gem minerals with FIB/TEM.


Technology

Carbonado

&5 D1411-32 Coopersmith,

H., Toledo, V., Fritsch, E., Ward, J., De Wit, M., Spaggiari, R.

2014 Geology and exploration of gem deposits at Mt. Carmel, northern Israel: natural moissanite, sapphire, ruby and diamond.


Europe, Israel

Moissanite

&6 D1411-33 Flament, N. 2014 Linking plate tectonics

and mantle flow to Earth's topography.

Geology, Vol. 42, 10, pp. 927-928.

Mantle

Tectonics

&7 D1411-34 Wirth, E.A.,

Long, M.D. 2014 A contrast in anisotropy

across mid-lithospheric discontinuities beneath the central United States - a relic of craton formation.

Geology, Vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 851-854.

USA

Craton

&8 D1411-35 Hammouda, T.,

Chantel, J., Manthilake, G., Guignard, J., Crichton, W.

2014 Hot mantle geotherms stabilize calcic carbonatite magmas up to the surface.

Geology, Vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 911-914.

Mantle

Carbonatite

&9 D1411-36 Fahrenkamp-

Uppenbrink, J. 2014 How many lakes are

there on Earth? Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1002/2014GL060641

Global

Just for interest

&10 D1411-37 Hoffman, P. 2014 The origin of

Laurentia:Rae Craton Geoscience Canada, Vol. 41, 3, pp. 313-320.

Canada

Subduction




as the backstop for Proto-Laurentian amalgamation by slab suction.

&1 D1411-38 Shor, R.,

Weldon, R. 2014 Diamonds from the roof

of the world. Lesotho's Maluti Mountains.

http://www.gia.edu.gia-research-news-diamonds-roof-world-shor-weldon, 7p.

Africa, Lesotho

History

&2 D1411-39 Idex Magazine 2014 Botswana The new

swing producer. Idex Magazine, No. 294, pp. 101-103.

Africa, Botswana

IMF overview

&3 D1411-40 Idex Magazine 2014 In treatment ..

Gemstone enhancements.

Idex Magazine, No. 294, pp. 36-38.

Technology

Overview

&4 D1411-41 Idex Magazine 2014 Turning up the heat ..

Suncrest Diamonds HPHT.


Technology

Suncrest Diamonds

&5 D1411-42 Idex Magazine 2014 Yehuda Diamond

Corporation produces clarity enhanced diamonds. Process renders inclusions invisible.


Technology

Yehuda Diamond

&6 D1411-43 Idex Magazine 2014 How the second color

moderator affects a diamond's value. Part 1.

Idex Magazine, No. 294. pp. 111-112.

Technology

Diamond value

&7 D1411-44 Petrovsky, V.A.,

Silaev, V.I., Sukharev, A.E., Vasilyev, E.A., Pomazansky, B.S., Zemnukhov, A.L.

2014 Yakutites: mineralogical geochemical properties and new version of the genesis. Part 1.

Izvestiya VUZ'ov Geologia I Razvedka ** in Russia Courtesy of Felix, No. 3, pp. 24-33.

Russia, Yakutia

Carbonado with lonsdaleite

&8 D1411-45 Silaev, V.I.,

Petrovsky, V.A., Sukharev, A.E., Smoleva, I.V., Pomazansky, B.S., Zemnukhov, A.L.

2014 Yakutites: mineralogical geochemical properties and new version of the genesis. Part 2.

Izvestiya VUZ'ov Geologia I Razvedka ** in Russia Courtesy of Felix, No. 4, pp. 12-22.

Technology

Yakutites

&9 D1411-46 Macgregor, D. 2014 History of the

development of the East African Rift System: a series of interpreted maps through time.

Journal of African Earth Sciences, in press available 77p.

Africa

Tectonics

&10 D1411-47 Kinzie, C.R.,

Que Hee, S.S., 2014 Nanodiamond rich layer

across three continents Journal of Geology, Vol 122, 5, pp. 475-506.

Global ( Greenland )

Nanodiamond




Stich, A., Tague, K.A., Mercer, C., Razink, J.J., Kennett, D.J., DeCarli, P.S., Bunch, T.E., Wittke, J.H., Israde-Alcantara, I., Bischoff, J.L., Goodyear, A.C., Tankersley, K.B., Kimbel, D.R., Culleton, B.J., Erlandson, J.M., Stafford, T.W., Kloosterman, J.B., Moore, A.M.T., Firestone, R.B., Aura Tortosa, J.E., Jorda Pardo, J.F., West, A., Kennett, J.P., Wolbach, W.S.

consistent with major cosmic impact at 12,800 Cal BP

&1 D1411-48 Gifford, J.N.,

Mueller, P.A., Foster, D.A., Mogk, D.W.

2014 Precambrian crustal evolution in the Great Falls Tectonic Zone: insights from xenoliths from the Montana alkali province.

Journal of Geology, Vol. 122, 5, pp. 531-548.

USA, Montana

Alkaline rocks

&2 D1411-49 Gao, X-Y.,

Zheng, Y-F., Chen, Y-X., Hu, Z.

2014 Composite carbonate and silicate multiphase solid inclusions in metamorphic garnet from ultrahigh-P eclogite in the Dabie orogen.

Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Vol. 32, 9, pp. 961-980.

China

Subduction

&3 D1411-50 Barreto, H.N.,

Varajao, C.A.C., Braucher, R., Bourles, D.L., Salgado, A.A.R, Varajao, A.F.D.C.

2014 The impact of diamond extraction on natural denudation rates in the Diamantina Plateau ( Minas Gerais, Brazil).

Journal of South American Earth Sciences, in press available 28p.

South America, Brazil

Mining

&4 D1411-51 Bosshard-

Stadlin, S.A., Mattsson, H.B., Keller, J.

2014 Magma mixing and forced exsolution of CO2 during the explosive 2007-2008 eruption of Oldoinyo Lengai ( Tanzania).

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 285, pp. 229-246.

Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite

&5




D1411-52 Hanger, B.J., Yaxley, G.M., Berry, A.J., Kamenetsky, V.S.

2014 Relationships between oxygen fugacity and metasomatism in the Kaapvaal subcratonic mantle, represented by garnet peridotite xenoliths in the Wesselton kimberlite, South Africa.

Lithos, in press available 42p.


Deposit - Wesselton

&1 D1411-53 Pelleter, A-A.,

Caroff, M., Cordier, C., Bachelery, P., Nehlig, P., Debeuf, D., Arnaud, N.

2014 Melilite bearing lavas as Mayotte ( France): an insight into the mantle source below the Comores.

Lithos, in press available 57p.

Europe, France

Melilite

&2 D1411-54 Nasdala, L.,

Kostrovitsky, S., Kennedy, A.K., Zeug, M., Esenkulova, S.A.

2014 Retention of radiation damage in zircon xenocrysts from kimberlites, northern Yakutia.

Lithos, Vol. 206-207, pp. 252-261.

Russia, Yakutia

Kuoika, Ary-Mastakh fields

&3 D1411-55 Viljoen, K.S.,

Harris, J.W., Richardson, S.H., Gray, K.

2014 Trace element chemistry of peridotitic garnets in diamonds from the Premier ( Cullinan) and Finsch kimberlites, South Africa: contrasting styles of mantle metasomatism.

Lithos, Vol. 208-209, pp. 1-15.


Deposit - Premier, Finsch

&4 D1411-56 Sun, Y., Ying,

J., Zhou, X., Chu, Z., Su, B.

2014 Geochemistry of ultrapotassic volcanic rocks in Xiaogulihe NE China: implications for the role of ancient suducted sediments.

Lithos, Vol. 208-209, pp. 53.66.

China

Subduction

&5 D1411-57 El Atrassi, F.,

Chazot, G., Brunet, F., Chopin, C., Bouybaouene, M.

2014 Amphibole genesis in pyroxenites from the Beni Bousera peridotite massif ( Rif, Morocco): evidence for two different metasomatic episodes.

Lithos, Vol. 208-209, pp. 67-80.

Africa, Morocco

Metasomatism

&6 D1411-58 Mining

Magazine 2014 Tunnelling to access

Ghghoo's riches. ( Gem Diamonds)

Mining Magazine, Nov. pp. 7p.

Africa, Botswana

Deposit - Ghaghoo

&7 D1411-59 Pasenko, A.N.,

Lubnina, N.V. 2014 The Karelian Craton in

the Paleoproterozoic: new paleomagnetic data. NUNA

Moscow University Bulletin, Vol. 69, 4, pp. 189-197.

Europe, Fennoscandia

Geophysics - magnetics




&1 D1411-60 Kilalea, D. 2014 Anglo American plc

Diamonds on the soles of its shoes.

RBC Capital Markets, Oct. 8, 14p.

Global

De Beers company

&2 D1411-61 Vasilev, Yu.R.,

Gora, M.P. 2014 Meimechite-picrite

associations in Siberia, Primorye and Kamchatka ( compartive analysis and petrogenesis).

Russian Geology and Geophysics, Vol 55, pp. 959-970.

Russia, Siberia

Meimechite-picrite

&3 D1411-62 Yeston, J. 2014 The power of a pair of

perovskites. Science, Vol. 345, 6204, Sept. 26, p. 1593.

Technology

Solar cells

&4 D1411-63 Grocholski, B. 2014 Unravelling ringwoodite

hydration in mantle. Science ( cited), Vol. 346, 6207, pp. 311-312.

Mantle

Ringwoodite

&5 D1411-64 Garzanti, E.,

Resentini, A., Ando, S., Vezzoli, G., Pereira, A., Vermeesch, P.

2014 Physical controls on sand and composition and relative durability of detrital minerals during ultra-long distance littoral and aeolian transport ( Namibia and southern Angola).

Sedimentology, in press available

Africa, Namibia, Angola

Diamondiferous littoral deposits

&6 D1411-65 Bosman, J. 2014 The art and science of

dense medium selection.

Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol. 114, July pp. 529-536.

Technology

DMS overview

&7 D1411-66 Van der

Westhuyzen, P., Bouwer, W., Jakins, A.

2014 Current trends in the development of new or optimization of existing diamond processing plants, with focus on beneficiation.

Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol. 114, July pp. 537-546.

Technology

Diamond processing plants

&8 D1411-67 Glikson, A.Y. 2014 The Archean: geological

and geochemical windows into the Early Earth.

Springer BOOK, 238p. Approx $ 129.00 also ebook springer.com/shop

Global

Evolution of continents, Early Earth features, volcanism

&9 D1411-68 Ashchepkov,

I.V., Vladykin, N.N., Ntaflos, T., Kostrovitsky, S.I., Prokopiev, S.A., Downes, H., Smelov, A.P., Agashev, A.M., Logvinova, A.M., Kuligin, S.S., Tychkov, N.S., Salikhov, R.F., Stegnitsky,

2014 Layering of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Siberian Craton: modeling using thermobarometry of mantle xenolith and xenocrysts.

Tectonophysics, in press available 21p.

Russia, Yakutia

Daldyn, Alakit, Malo-Botuobinsky fields




Yu.B., Alymova, N.V., Vavilov, M.A., Minin, V.A., Babushkina, S.A., Ovchinnkov, Y.I., Karpenko, M.A., Tolstov, A.V., Shmarov, G.P.

&1 D1411-69 Schrieber-

Enslin, S., Ebbing, J., Webb, S.J.

2014 An integrated geophysical study of the Beattie Magnetic Anomaly.

Tectonophysics, in press available 16p.


Geophysics - magnetics

&2 D1411-70 Tesauro, M.,

Kaban, M.K., Mooney, W.D., Cloetingh, S.

2014 NACr14: a 3D model for the crustal structure of the North American continent.

Tectonophysics, Vol. 631, pp. 65-86.

Canada, USA

Geophysics - seismics

&3 D1411-71 Isola, I.,

Mazzarini, F., Bonini, M., Corti, G.

2014 Spatial variability of volcanic features in early stage rift settings: the case of the Tanzania divergence, East African rift system.

Terra Nova, in press available

Africa, Tanzania

Tectonics

&4 D1411-72 Petrus, J.A.,

Ames, D.E., Kamber, B.S.

2014 On the track of the elusve Sudbury impact: geochemical evidence for a chondrite or comet bolide.

Terra Nova, in press available

Canada, Ontario

Meteorites

&5 D1411-73 Martirosyan, N.,

Yoshino, T., Shatskiy, A., Chanyshev, A., Litasov, K.

2014 Kenetic study of Ca- carbonate - iron interaction. ( global geodynamic processes - diamond formation)

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences International Symposium Advances in high pressure research: breaking scales and horizons ( Courtesy of N. Poikilenko), Held Sept 22-26, 2p. Abstract

Mantle

Geodynamics

&6 D1411-74 Higo, Y., Matsui,

M., Irifune, T. 2014 Development of

ultrasonic measurement technique under lower mantle conditions.

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences International Symposium Advances in high pressure research: breaking scales and horizons ( Courtesy of N. Poikilenko), Held Sept.

Technology

Perovskites




22-26, 1p. Abstract

&1 D1411-75 Dymshits, A.,

Litasov, K., Sharygin, I., Shatskiy, A., Ohtani, E.

2014 Mineral physics of high pressure garnets.

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences International Symposium Advances in high pressure research: breaking scales and horizons ( Courtesy of N. Poikilenko), Held Sept. 22-26, 2p. Abstract

Technology

Garnets

&2 D1411-76 Sharygin, I.,

Litasov, K., Shatskiy, A., Golovin, A., Ohtani, E., Pokhilenko, N.

2014 Melting phase relations of the Udachnaya East Group 1 kimberlite at 3.0-6.5 GPA: experimental evidence for alkali-carbonatite composition of primary kimberlite melt.


Russia, Yakutia


&3 D1411-77 Yelisseyev, A.,

Khrenov, A., Afanasiev, V., Pustavarov, V., Gromilov, S., Panchenko, A., Poikilenko, N., Litasov, K.

2014 Luminesence of impact diamonds from the Popigai astrobleme.


Russia, Siberia

Diamond luminescence

&4 D1411-78 Logvinova, A.,

Wirth, R., Taylor, L.A., Sobolev, N.V.

2014 Aragonite, magnesite and dolomite inclusions in Yakutian diamonds: TEM observations.


Russia, Yakutia

Deposits - Komsomolskaya, Yubileinaya, Udachnaya

&5 D1411-79 Maeda F.,

Ohtani, E., Kamada, S., Sakamaki, T.,

2014 The reactions in the MgCO3-SiO2 system in the slabs subducted into the lower mantle and

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of


Carbon




Ohishi, Y., Hirao, N.

formation of deep diamond.

Sciences International Symposium Advances in high pressure research: breaking scales and horizons ( Courtesy of N. Poikilenko), Held Sept. 22-26, 1p. Abstract

&1 D1411-80 Kolesnichenko,

M., Zedgenizov, D., Ragozin, A., Litasov, K.

2014 Water content in olivines of mantle xenoliths from Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia.


Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Udachnaya

&2 D1411-81 Martirosyan, N.,

Yoshino, T., Shatskiy, A., Chanyshev, A., Litasov, K.

2014 Effect of water on the stability of magnesite in the mantle under reduced conditions.


Mantle

Water

&3 D1411-82 Mikhailenko, D.,

Korsakov, A. 2014 Xenolith of diamond

bearing coesite eclogite from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia.


Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Udachnaya

&4 D1411-83 Mikhno, A.,

Shcheptova, O., Mikhailenko, D., Korsakov, A.

2014 Sulfides in ultrahigh pressure rocks of the Kokchetav Massif.

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences International Symposium Advances in high pressure research: breaking scales and horizons ( Courtesy of N. Poikilenko), Held Sept.

Russia, Kazakhstan

Kokchetav Massif




22-26, 2p. Abstract

&1 D1411-84 Ovchinnikov, S.,

Ovchinnikova, T.

2014 Metallic layer in the Earth's lower mantle due to quantum phase transition in ferropericlase at zero temperature under high pressure.


Mantle

Structure of low Earth's mantle

&2 D1411-85 Persikov, E.,

Bukhtiyarov, P., Skol, A., Palyanov, Y.

2014 Viscosity of kimberlite and basaltic magmas to 10 Gpa and 2000K.


Mantle

Magmatism

&3 D1411-86 Sharygin, I.,

Litasov, K., Shatskiy, A., Golovin, A., Ohtani, E., Pokhilenko, N.

2014 Is kimberlite magma ascent fuelled by CO2 degassing via orthopyroxene assimilation?


Technology

Model

&4 D1411-87 Shatskiy, A.,

Litasov, K., Palyanov, Y.N., Ohtaini, E.

2014 Phase relationships on the K2CO3 MgCOs join at 6 Gpa and 900-1400C: implications for incipient melting in carbonated mantle domains.


Technology

Deposits - Ebelyakh, Udachnaya

&5 D1411-88 Sobolev, N.V.,

Sobolev, A.V., Tomilenko, A.A., Kovyazin, S.V.,

2014 Paragenesis and origin of olivine macrocrysts from Udachnaya-East hypabyssal kimberlite,

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of

Russia, Yakutia





Batanova, V.G., Kuzmin, D.V.

Yakutia, Russia. Sciences International Symposium Advances in high pressure research: breaking scales and horizons ( Courtesy of N. Poikilenko), Held Sept. 22-26, 2p. Abstract

&1 D1411-89 Zedgenizov, D.,

Kagi, H., Shatsky, V.

2014 The deep carbon cycle: new evidence from superdeep diamonds.



Deposit - Sao-Luis alluvials

&2 D1411-90 Safonova, I.,

Maruyama, S., Litasov, K.

2014 Generation of hydrous plumes in the mantle transition zone linked to the tectonic erosion of continental crust.


Mantle

Subduction

&3 D1411-91 Ivanov, A. 2014 Volatile fluxing causes

cratonic flood basalt volcanism: case study of the Siberian Craton.


Russia, Siberia

Devonian kimberlites, lamproites

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&1 D1411-92 Allafrica

2014 Govt demands diamond

dividends. 15% from gross sales

Allafrica.com, Oct. 16, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal


2014 Value-addition can

boost diamond revenue. ( auction not profitable)


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange


2014 Diamond conference

offers soul searching opportunity.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - industry


2014 Nam's diamond

headache. No diamond hub in Namibia

Allafrica.com, Oct. 17, 1p.

Africa, Namibia

News item - Okavango


2014 Zimbabwe diamond

exports in sharp decline as easy pickings run out.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange


2014 Miner seeks diamond

prospecting authority. Hosen Mining in Harare, Kadoma, Bulawayo.

Allafrica.com, Oct. 9, 1p. Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Hosen

&7 D1411-98 New

Zimbabwe.com

2014 Minister to reveal Marange miner audit outcome.

Allafrica.com, Sept. 29, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

&8 D1411-99 Alto Ventures

Ltd.

2014 Alto Ventures completes till sampling on its Pikoo area diamond claims, Saskatchewan.

Alto Ventures Ltd., Oct. 7, 1p.

Canada, Saskatchewan

News item - press release

&9 D1411-100

Botswana Diamonds

2014 Drilling update at Orapa.

Botswana Diamonds, Oct. 2, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


&10 D1411-101

Brazil Minerals, Inc.

2014 Third quarter revenue guidance shows inreases of 212% over preceding quarter and 14% over third quarter 2013.

Brazil Minerals, Inc., Oct. 1, 2p.



&11 D1411-102

Brazil Minerals, Inc.

2014 Now owns 100% of the Duas Barras diamond & gold mine.

Brazil Minerals, Inc., Oct. 7, 1p.



&12 D1411-103

Aarts, D.

2014 How Dominion Diamonds is taking on global titan De Beers.

Canadian Business Magazine, Oct. 14, 7p.

Canada, global

News item - Dominion




&1 D1411-104

Canterra Minerals Corporation

2014 Canterra Minerals discovers diamond in till sample, NWT. Marlin

Canterra Minerals Corporation, Oct. 21, 1p.



&2 D1411-105

CBC.news

2014 N.W.T. First Nation appeals Drybones Bay decision.. Arguing court erred in upholding decision allowing exploration in culturally significant area.

CBC.ca, Oct. 6, 1/2p. Canada, Northwest Territories

News item - Deborgorski

&3 D1411-106

Creamers Mining Weekly

2014 Costs down, revenue up, diamonds selling well. Rockwell.

Creamers Mining Weekly, Oct. 10, 1/4p.


News item - Rockwell

&4 D1411-107


2014 Diamond miner Petra Diamonds expansion plans for its Williamson mine, in Tanzania's Shinyanga region, remain on track.

Creamers Mining Weekly, Oct. 10, 1p.

Africa, Tanzania

News item - Petra

&5 D1411-108


2014 De Beers , NUM sign three year wage deal. Venetia, Voorspoed



News item - De Beers

&6 D1411-109


2014 Drill results reveal possible presence of kimberlite at Orapa.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Botswana Diamonds

&7 D1411-110


2014 Firestone to conclude Botswana asset disposal in 2015, to focus on Liqhobong.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Firestone

&8 D1411-111


2014 De Beers plans to keep South African diamond exploration spend at R 30m a year.




&9 D1411-112


2014 Rare red diamonds offered in Rio Tinto auction.


Australia

News item - Rio Tinto

&10 D1411-113


2014 Kimberley Diamonds soothes liquidity fears. Lerala


Africa, Botswana

News item - Kimberley Diamonds

&11 D1411-114


2014 BlueRock to start commercial production at Kareevlei.

Creamers Mining Weekly, Sept. 30, 1p.


News item - BlueRock




&1 D1411-115


2014 Mountain Province Diamonds arranges C$ 100 miln in private financings. Gahcho Kue

Creamers Mining Weekly, Sept. 30, 1p.


News item - Mountain Province

&2 D1411-116

DeVanx Assets

2014 Fancy red diamonds emerge as new asset class. Trifold appreciation over past ten years. Argyle

DeVanx Assets, Oct.6, 1/2p.

Australia


&3 D1411-117

Diamond Intelligence Briefs

2014 Undisclosed synthetic diamonds 'shift' to finished set jewlery.

Diamond Inteligence Briefs ( courtesy of Chaim), Vol. 29, 828, pp. 8820-8823.

Technology

News item - Synthetics

&4 D1411-118

Diamonds.net

2014 De Beers briefs NY banking community on diamond industry outlook.

Diamonds.net, Oct. 1, 1/4p.

USA


&5 D1411-119

Diamonds.net

2014 GJEPC rejects reports of widespread diamond inventory discounting.

Diamonds.net, Oct. 12, 1p.

Global

News item - GJEPC

&6 D1411-120

Diamonds.net

2014 De Beers October sight estimated at $ 460 mln


Global


&7 D1411-121

Diamonds.net

2014 Diavik diamond mine production flat in 3Q.



News item - Diavik

&8 D1411-122

Diamonds.net

2014 Banks evaluate Surat diamond units.


India

News item - legal

&9 D1411-123

Diamonds.net

2014 Zimbabwe's local auction draws 25 buyers.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - auction

&10 D1411-124

Diamonds.net

2014 Firestone narrows FY loss 50% to $ 11 miln. Liqhobong


Africa, Lesotho


&11 D1411-125

Diamonds.net

2014 Pure Grown Diamonds debuts 'Pure Champagne' collection. Website


Technology

News item - Pure Grown Diamonds

&12 D1411-126

Diamonds.net

2014 Grib diamond mine yields its first 1 Mln carats.


Russia

News item - Lukoil

&13




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Diamonds.net

2014 Alrosa selects new president, confirmation expects Oct. 23,


Russia

News item - Alrosa

&1 D1411-128

Diamonds.net

2014 Shifting demand .. Prices fall


Global

News item - prices

&2 D1411-129

Diamonds.net

2014 Sharing information enhances De Beers leadership position. Insight report


Global


&3 D1411-130

Diamonds.net

2014 Vivid pink diamond sells for $ 2 million per carat at Sotheby's Hong Kong.


Hong Kong

News item - Sotheby

&4 D1411-131

Diamonds.net

2014 Yuzanov advises Alrosa to stick with rough production ( diversification into cutting ill advised).


Russia

News item - Alrosa

&5 D1411-132

Diamonds.net

2014 Diamond theft an inside job. Namdeb ( 78 carat from laboratory in Oranjemund)


Africa, Namibia

News item - Namdeb

&6 D1411-133

Diamonds.net

2014 Catoca mine 2013 production -2%.

Diamonds.net, Sept. 29, 1/4p.

Africa, Angola

News item - Catoca

&7 D1411-134

Diamonds.net

2014 Pink diamond snatched at Sydney auction. Argyle


Australia

News item - legal

&8 D1411-135

Diamonds.net

2014 IIa Technologies receives ISO certification.


Asia, Singapore

News item - synthetics

&9 D1411-136

Diamonds.net

2014 Kimberley Diamonds updates diamond resources. Ellendale and Lerala.


Africa, Botswana, Australia


&10 D1411-137

Dominion Diamond Corporation

2014 Dominion Diamond Corporation reports Diavik diamond mine third quarter production.

Dominion Diamond Corporation, Oct. 14, 2p.



&11 D1411-138

Dominion Diamond Corporation

2014 Dominion Diamond Corporation increases interest in the Ekati diamond mine.

Dominion Diamond Corporation, Oct. 15, 1p.



&12




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Element Six

2014 Element Six introduces new thermal grade of CVD diamonds - DIAFILM TM130 for semiconductor heat management.

Element Six, Oct. 14, 1p. Technology


&1 D1411-140

Firestone Diamonds plc.

2014 Final results for year ended June 30. Liqhobong

Firestone Diamonds plc., Oct. 2, 18p.

Africa, Lesotho


&2 D1411-141

Gem Diamonds Limited

2014 Sale of 198 carat Letseng diamond. $ 53746. per carat

Gem Diamonds Limited, Oct. 1, 2p.

Africa, Lesotho


&3 D1411-142

Idex Memo

2014 Threats and more threats: empathizing with Robert L. Time of the year for reflection, introspections.

Idex online, Oct. 15, 3p. Global

News item - reporting

&4 D1411-143

Idex online

2014 DDC, IDE say Israel diamond Wk unparalleled 'diamond supply platform'.

Idex online, Oct. 2, 1p. Europe, Israel

News item - DDC, IDE

&5 D1411-144

Idex Memo

2014 Puff …. There goes $ 1.9 billion in diamond financing. Antwerp Diamond Bank

Idex online, Oct. 2, 3p. Global

News item - economics

&6 D1411-145

Idex Online

2014 Pure Grown diamonds launching pink diamonds.

Idex online, Oct. 22, 1/4p. Technology

News item - Pure Grown Diamonds

&7 D1411-146

Idex memo

2014 One simple way to avoid damaging mistakes …. In the news room.

Idex online, Oct. 8, 3p. Europe, Belgium

News item - AWDC

&8 D1411-147

Idex online

2014 Standard Chartered Bank cutting lending to Indian diamond firms - report

Idex online, Sept. 29, 1/4p.

India

News item - legal

&9 D1411-148

Idex online

2014 Iia Technologies creates large single crystal diamond plates (CVD)

Idex online, Sept. 30, 1/4p.

Technology

News item - IIa

&10 D1411-149

Kennady Diamonds Inc.

2014 Kennady Diamonds closes C$ 5 million non-brokered private placement.

Kennady Diamonds Inc., Oct. 1, 1p.



&11 D1411-150


2014 Kennady Diamonds increases Kelvin-


Canada,





Faraday tonnage estimate to 9-12 million tonnes.

Northwest Territories

&1 D1411-151


2014 Kennady Diamonds announces Kelvin diamond recovery results. Total sample grade 2.16 carats per tonne. ( 25 tonne sample)




&2 D1411-152

Kimberley Diamonds Ltd.

2014 Update on Botswana joint venture. Tilwane Services.

Kimberley Diamonds Ltd., Oct. 2, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


&3 D1411-153

London Mining Journal

2014 De Beers data supports Petra grade story.

London Mining Journal, Oct. 1, 1/4p.


News item - Petra

&4 D1411-154

London Mining Journal

2014 Gold struggles as diamonds sparkle.

London Mining Journal, Oct. 3, 1/2p.

Africa, East Africa

News item - Petra

&5 D1411-155

Janse, B.

2014 Diamond market starts to sparkle.

London Mining Journal, Sept. 12, 5p.

Global

News item - overview

&6 D1411-156

Lucapa Diamond Company

2014 Lulo diamond concession - update… fleet of earth moving equipment also optimization of DMS plant.

Lucapa Diamond Company, Sept. 22, 2p.

Africa, Angola


&7 D1411-157

Lucara Diamond Corporation

2014 Lucara's exceptional stone tenders bring in $ 136 million in 2014.

Lucara Diamond Corporation, Oct. 21, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


&8 D1411-158

Majescor Resources Inc.

2014 Majescor reports construction license awarded to Lipari Mineracao Ltds. For Brauna diamond project, Brazil- Company retains 0.5% gross diamond sales royalty.

Majescor Resources Inc., Oct. 21, 1p.



&9 D1411-159

Merlin Diamonds Limited

2014 Merlin study - mechanical clamshell grab mining feasibility study, probable ore reserve estimate and mineral resource estimate update.

Merling Diamonds Limited, Sept. 30, 1p.

Australia





&1 D1411-160

Minesite

2014 Karelian diamonds looks to be on the trail of a new kimberlite deposit in Finland. Riihivaara, Kuhmo region

Minesite.com, Oct. 16, 1p.

Europe, Finland

News item - Karelian

&2 D1411-161

Mineweb

2014 Diamond liquidation in India. Lower grades wanted

Mineweb.com, Oct. 1, 1p. India

News item - Standard Bank - markets

&3 D1411-162

Mining Magazine

2014 Vladimir Grib complex commissioned.

Mining Magazine, Oct. 10, 1p.

Russia

News item - Grib

&4 D1411-163

Miningmx

2014 Rockwell signs $ 7.2 m BEE deal, mulls growth.

Miningmx.com, Oct. 14, 1p.



&5 D1411-164

Miningmx

2014 RAC ( Fund Management) lifts stake in Trans Hex as NM ( Namaqualand) deal looms.

Miningmx.com, Sept. 29, 1p.


News item - Trans Hex

&6 D1411-165

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.

2014 Mountain Province Diamonds closes C$100 mln bought deal and non-brokered financing.

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., Oct. 16, 1p.



&7 D1411-166

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.

2014 Mountain Province Diamonds arranges C$ 100 mln in private financings. Gahcho Kue

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., Sept. 30, 2p.



&8 D1411-167

Newfield Resources Limited

2014 Kimberlite discovery - confirmed diamondiferous. Lake Popei

Newfield Resources Limited, Sept. 16, 2p.

Africa, Sierra Leone


&9 D1411-168

North Arrow Minerals Inc.

2014 North Arrow commences processing of Qilalugaq 1500 tonne sample - completes Pikoo till sampling program.

North Arrow Minerals Inc., Oct. 16, 1p.

Canada, Nunavut, Saskatchewan


&10 D1411-169

Nouveau Monde Mining Enterprises Inc.

2014 Nouveau Monde identifies several kimberlite exploration targets on the Waasikusuu diamond project.

Nouveau Monde Mining Enterprises Inc., Oct. 9, 1p.

Canada, Quebec


&11




D1411-170

Paragon Diamonds

2014 Obtala reports on sale of outstanding loan note.

Obtala Resources Ltd., Sept. 29, 1p.

Africa, Lesotho

News item - Paragon

&1 D1411-171

Olivut Resources Ltd.

2014 Olivut regrets the passing of long term director Sargent Berner and closes private placement of flow-through shares and commons shares.

Olivut Resources Ltd., Oct. 15, 1p.



&2 D1411-172

Orgenic Exploration

2014 Diamond exploration licence sought for Flinders Island off Australia's southwest coast.

Orogenic Exploration, Oct. 17, 1/2p.

Australia


&3 D1411-173

Zimnisky, P.

2014 Analyzing trends in the global diamond industry. Canadian diamond production estimated to more than double in next 4 years.

paulzimnisky.com, Oct. 14, 2p.

Canada

News item - production

&4 D1411-174

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.

2014 Peregrine investor Newstar increases holdings to 20.05% ( Robert Friedland).

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., Oct. 8, 1p.

Canada, Nunavut, Baffin Island


&5 D1411-175

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.

2014 Dundee acquires Peregrine shares, warrants.

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., Oct. 9, 1p.

Canada, Nunavut, Baffin Island


&6 D1411-176

Petra Diamonds Limited

2014 Annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2014.

Petra Diamonds Limited, Oct. 21, 5p.



&7 D1411-177

Prima Diamond Corporation

2014 Prima Diamond Corp. acquires Orion diamond property (from Fiducie Ananke)and announces up to $ 2.5 million in private placement.

Prima Diamond Corporation, Oct. 16, 1p.

Canada, Quebec


&8 D1411-178

Kilalea, D.

2014 Lucara Diamond Corporation. Upgrading to outperform following sparkling exceptional stone tender.

RBC Capital Markets, Oct. 22, 7p.

Africa, Botswana

News item - Lucara

&9 D1411-179

Reuters

2014 Botswana reliant on South Africa's Eskom as power station fails.

Reuters, Oct. 15, 1/2p. Africa, Botswana

News item - eskom




&1 D1411-180

Rockwell Diamonds Inc.

2014 Rockwell announces another set of strong results for the second quarter with revenue up 71% and a corresponding decline in unit operating cash costs of 22%.

Rockwell Diamonds Inc., Oct. 9, 2p.



&2 D1411-181

Stellar Diamonds plc.

2014 Share subscription and issue of warrants. Tongo and Baoule

Stellar Diamonds plc., Oct. 16, 1p.

Africa, Sierra Leone, Guinea


&3 D1411-182


2014 Large diamonds recovered from trial mining at Baoule kimberlite, Guinea.


Africa, Guinea


&4 D1411-183


2014 First diamonds from trial mining at Baoule kimberlite pipe in Guinea.


Africa, Guinea


&5 D1411-184

Stockwatch

2014 CMKM's Edwards sent for mental competency evaluation.

Stockwatch.news, Oct. 16, 1p.

USA

News item - CMKM

&6 D1411-185

Stornoway Diamond Corporation

2014 Stornoway adds large diamond recovery capacity to Renard diamond plant design.

Stornoway Diamond Corporation, Oct. 20, 2p.

Canada, Quebec


&7 D1411-186

Sunergy, Inc.

2014 Sunergy's Liberian diamond operation gets underway as rains subside.

Sunergy, Inc., Oct. 6, 1p. Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone


&8 D1411-187

Tango Gold Mines Incorporated

2014 Tango Gold acquires mining and related assets in South Africa. African Star ( past producer Oena) and coal collieries.

Tango Gold Mines Incorporated, Oct. 1, 1/2p.



&9 D1411-188

BDLive

2014 Rockwell may look at old diamond deposits. Orange River

www.bdlive.co.za, Sept. 26, 1p.



&10 D1411-189

Bloomberg

2014 Diamond hunters give up search for gems too hard to find. Mentions ( exploration) BHP, Petra - brief backgrounder on heavy costs…. Not much success.

www.bloomberg.news, Oct. 3, 2p.

Global

News item - history




&1 D1411-190

Bloomberg

2014 Rio Tinto sees China, India driving demand growth for diamonds.

www.bloomberg.news, Sept. 20, 1p.

China, India


&2 D1411-191

The Israeli Diamond Industry

2014 Alrosa diamonds sales reach $ 3 million at Hong Kong fair.

www.israelidiamond.co.il, Oct. 2, 1/4p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

&3 D1411-192

Rough-polished

2014 SA Fund management firm ups stake in Trans Hex ahead of NM deal. RAC

www.rough-polished.com, Oct. 1, 1/4p.


News item - Trans Hex

&4 D1411-193

Rough-polished

2014 US denies reports that it threatened Zim with sanctions over $ 3 billion deal with Russia.


USA, Russia


&5 D1411-194

Rough-polished

2014 Forevermark opens new outlet in Botswana.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Caratco

&6 D1411-195

Rough-polished

2014 Flawless pink diamond sold at record $ 17.8 mln at Sotheby's Hong Kong auction, 2 mln higher than estimate.


Global

News item - diamond notable

&7 D1411-196

Rough-polished

2014 Interaction with clients is a key to understanding what they want and what they need.

www.rough-polished.com, Oct. 13, 1p.

Global

News item - markets

&8 D1411-197

Rough-polished

2014 Russia's major diamond manufacturer Smolensk Kristall is negotiating new long term deals with Alrosa and De Beers.


Russia

News item - Kristall

&9 D1411-198

Rough-polished

2014 Octea says Ebola will not affect diamond output.



News item - Octea

&10 D1411-199

Rough-polished

2014 De Beers earns $ 460 miln "small" October sight.


Global


&11 D1411-200

Rough-polished

2014 Rosimushchestvo and Alrosa reach a deal on selling OJSC Almazny Mir.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

&12




D1411-201

Rough-polished

2014 First jewelery street in Moscow. Vetkina St Moscow( three stores)


Russia

News item - Estet

&1 D1411-202

Rough-polished

2014 MIBA cash problems, drop in exploitable areas stifle DRC diamond output.


Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo

News item - MIBA

&2 D1411-203

Rough-polished

2014 Establishing Territories of Priority Development in the Russian Far East might require land withdrawals.


Russia, Yakutia

News item - TPD

&3 D1411-204

Rough-polished

2014 Rio Tinto's Q3 diamond production down 15%


Canada, Northwest Territories, Australia, Africa, Zimbabwe


&4 D1411-205

Rough-polished

2014 Namibian PM calls for more rough diamond supplies to local factories.


Africa, Namibia

News item - NDTC

&5 D1411-206

Rough-polished

2014 RJC clarifies the perspective of recognized fairmined standard V2.0 with CoC ( chain of custody)


Technology

News item - CoC

&6 D1411-207

Rough-polished

2014 Kennady Diamonds stock lost third on disappointing grades from latest sample.



News item - Kennady

&7 D1411-208

Rough-polished

2014 Zim to publish Marange resources financial results.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange

&8 D1411-209

Rough-polished

2014 Gem sells Letseng's 198 carat diamond for $ 10.6 miln.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Gem Diamonds

&9 D1411-210

Rough-polished

2014 Zim steps up efforts to get its diamond dividends, miners cry foul.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

&10 D1411-211

Rough-polished

2014 Alrosa reports Q3 and 9 Mths production results and preliminary sales.


Russia

News item - Alrosa




&1 D1411-212

Rough-polished

2014 Ratings of Alrosa unaffected by Russia's sovereign rating action.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

&2 D1411-213

Rough-polished

2014 Aim's first lady accuses VP Mujuru of "illicit diamond dealing".


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

&3 D1411-214

Rough-polished

2014 Grib mine and Karpinskogo (Alrosa) mine are first of the kind to be launched in more than 10 years.


Russia

News item - Lukoil

&4 D1411-215

Rough-polished

2014 Former head of Alrosa awarded Order of the Polar Star. Andreev


Russia

News item - Alrosa

&5 D1411-216

Rough-polished

2014 Firestone Diamonds FY 2014 net loss narrows to $ 11.2 mil.


Africa, lesotho


&6 D1411-217

Rough-polished

2014 Supreme Court of India asks NMDC to close Panna mines by 2016.


India

News item - Panna

&7 D1411-218

Rough-polished

2014 Rio Tinto announcing new 3D mapping technology.


Technology


&8 D1411-219

Rough-polished

2014 Alrosa launches mining on Karpinskogo-1 pipe. ( Lomonosov deposit)


Russia

News item - Lomonosov

&9 D1411-220

Rough-polished

2014 Bluerock says ready to move on to commercial mining at SA's Kareeveil.



News item - BlueRock

&10 D1411-221

Rough-polished

2014 Belgian judge reserves ruling on Amari's bid for Zim diamonds to October 16.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

&11 D1411-222

Rough-polished

2014 Public sector mining majors to invest heavily in MP; NMDC pursues Panna.


India, Madhya Pradesh

News item - Panna

&12 D1411-223

Rough-polished

2014 Maxim Shkadov: we need to create our own sales channel providing maximum penetration to the market.

www.rough-polished.com, Oct. 6, 1p.

Russia

News item - Kristall

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D1411-224

Rough-polished

2014 Indian diamond dealers offer heavy discounts to offload inventories.


India

News item - prices

&1 D1411-225

Rough-polished

2014 Stan-Chart to lower exposure; lending banks ask for extra collateral.


India

News item - banks

&2 D1411-226

Rough-polished

2014 China is major H1 consumer of Angolan goods, including diamonds.


Africa, Angola

News item - China

&3 D1411-227

Rough-polished

2014 Hosen Mining applies for Zim diamond prospecting licence.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Hosen

&4 D1411-228

Rough-polished

2014 Botswana's GDP growth slows to 4.5%.


Africa, Botswana

News item - GDP

&5 D1411-229

Rough-polished

2014 Development strategy of Alrosa does not need to be revised - Chairman.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

&6 D1411-230

Rough-polished

2014 Rough, polished diamond prices likely to soften in India.


India

News item - prices

&7 D1411-231

Rough-polished

2014 Zim diamond exports in sharp decline - report. ( from $658 Mln in 2012 to $ 188 mln in 2013


Africa, Zimbabwe


&8 D1411-232

Rough-polished

2014 Kimberley Diamonds halts trading ahead of new project acquisition. ( gold)


Africa, Botswana, Australia


&9 D1411-233

Rough-polished

2014 About 100 companies viewed rough diamonds from Grib pipe at Antwerp auction.

www.rough-polished.com, Sept. 26, 1/4p.

Russia

News item - LukOil

&10 D1411-234

Rough-polished

2014 Alrosa plans to merger its diamond amnufacturing operations.


Russua

News item - Alrosa

&11 D1411-235

Rough-polished

2014 Tsodilo acquires rights to Botswana's BK16 kimberlite pipe.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Tsodilo

&12 D1411-236

Rough-polished

2014 Russia and China plan to establish a joint

www.rough-polished.com, Sept. 26,

Russia, China

News item - bourse




bourse for trading in precious stones.

1/4p.

&1 D1411-237

Rough-polished

2014 Newfield Resources diamondiferous kimberlites outside of known Sierra Leone diamond fields.



News item - Newfield

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Rough-polished

2014 Zim civic groups want audit of Marange firms before merger.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

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2014 Surat diamond bourse project will be successful.

www.rough-polished.com, Sept. 29, 1p.

India

News item - bourse

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2014 Kimberley allays Botswana diamond mine sale rumours. Lerala


Africa, Botswana


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2014 Angola's Catoca marginally boosts 2013 sales to % 594 mln as profit, output tumble.


Africa, Angola

News item - Catoca

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Rough-polished

2014 Rockwell eyes old diamond deposits - report. ( Orange River)




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Stockwatch

2014 CMKM's Edwards seeking mental health assessment.

www.stockwatch.com, Oct. 7, 1p.

USA

News item - CMKM

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