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THE SHEAHAN LITERATURE SERVICE

Diamonds, Kimberlites, and Related Geology

January 2014

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Sheahan Literature Service Diamonds Newsletter – Jan 2014

NEW SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE (by Source) REF # AUTHOR YEAR TITLE SOURCE REGION/LOCATION KEYWORDS

Page 1 (Scientific by Source) © Sheahan Literature Service. Printed in Canada.

1 D1401-01 Hazen, R.M. 2013 Paleomineralogy of the

Hadean eon: a preliminary species list.

American Journal of Science, Vol. 313, Nov. pp. 807-843.

Mineralogy

History

2 D1401-02 O'Neill, C.,

Debaille, V., Griffin, W.L.

2013 Deep earth recycling in the Hadean and constraints on surface tectonics.

American Journal of Science, Vol. 313, Nov. pp. 912-932.

Mantle

Tectonics

3 D1401-03 Huang, J-X.,

Griffin, W.L., Greau, Y., Pearson, N.J., O'Reilly, S.Y., Cliff, J., Martin , L.

2013 Unmasking xenolithic eclogites: progressive metasomatism of a key Roberts Victor sample.

Chemical Geology, in press available

Africa, South Africa

Deposit - Roberts Victor

4 D1401-04 Mangler, M.F.,

Marks, M.A,W,m Zaitzev, A.N., Eby, G.N., Markl, G.

2013 Halogens ( F, Cl and Br) at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano ( Tanzania): effects of magmatic differentation, silicate natrocarbonatite melt seperation and surface alteration of natrocarbonatite.

Chemical Geology, in press available

Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite

5 D1401-05 Schron, W. 2013 Chemical fluid transport

( CFT): a window into Earth and its development.

Chemie der Erde, Vol. 73, 4, pp. 421-428.

Mantle

CFT

6 D1401-06 Palyanov, Y.N.,

Khokhryakov, A.F., Borzdov, Y.M., Kupriyanov, I.N.,

2013 Diamond growth and morphology under the influence of impurity adsorption.

Crystal Growth & Design, Vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 5411-21.

Technology

Diamond morphology

7 D1401-07 Mueller, P.A.,

Mogk, D.W., Henry, D.J., Wooden, J.L., Foster, D.A.

2013 The plume to plate transition: Hadean and Archean crustal evolution in the northern Wyoming province, USA.

Dilek & Furnes eds. Evolution of Archean crust and early life. Springer Publication, pp. 23-54.

USA

Mantle plumes

8 D1401-08 Solopova, N.A.,

Litvin, Yu.A., Spivak, A.V., Dubrovinskaia, N.A., Dubrovinsky, L.S., Urusov, V.S.

2013 The phase diagram of Na carbonate, an alkaline component of the growth medium of ultradeep diamonds.

Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 451, 1, pp. 1106-1109.

Technology

UHP

9 D1401-09 Skublov, S.G.,

Melnik, A.E., Marin, Yu.B.,

2013 New data on the age ( U-Pb, Sm-Nd) of metamorphism and a


Russia

Eclogite




Berezin, A.V., Bogomolov, E.S., Ishmurzin, F.I.

protolith of eclogite like rocks from the Krasnaya Guba area, Belomorian belt.

1 D1401-10 Sobolev, N.V.,

Logvinova, A.M., Efimova, E.S.

2013 Inclusions of Mn-rich eclogitic garnets in diamonds: evidence for recycling of the Earth's crust.


Technology

Diamond morphology

2 D1401-11 Ryabchikov,

I.D., Kaminsky, F.V.

2013 The composition of the lower mantle: evidence from mineral inclusions in diamonds.


Mantle

Diamond inclusions

3 D1401-12 Foster, K.,

Dueker, K., Schmandt, B., Yuan, H.

2013 A sharp cratonic lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath the American Midwest and its relation to mantle flow.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press available

USA, Colorado

Geophysics - seismics

4 D1401-13 Lekic, V.,

Fischer, K.M. 2013 Contrasting lithospheric

signatures across the western United States revealed by Sp receiver functions.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press available

USA, Colorado Plateau


5 D1401-14 Raimondo, T.,

Hand, M., Collins, W.J.

2013 Compressional intracontinental orogens: ancient and modern perspectives.

Earth Science Reviews, in press available

Mantle

Geodynamics

6 D1401-15 Seno, T., Kirby,

S.H. 2013 Formation of plate

boundaries: the role of mantle volatization.


Mantle

Magmatism

7 D1401-16 Song, S., Niu,

Y., Zhang, C., Zhang, L.

2013 Continental orogenesis from ocean subduction, continent collision/subduction, to orogen collapse, and orogen recycling: the example of the North Qaidam UHPM belt, NW China.


China

UHP

8 D1401-17 Agrosi, G.,

Tempesta, G., Scandael, E., Harris, J.W.

2013 Growth and post-growth defects in a diamond from Finsch mine ( South Africa).

European Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 25, pp. 551-559.


Deposit - Finsch

9 D1401-18 McClenaghan,

M.B., Plouffe, A., McMartin, I., Campbell, J.E.,

2013 Till sampling and geochemical analytical protocols used by the Geological Survey of

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, Vol. 13, pp. 285-301.

Technology

Sampling




Spirito, W.A., Paulen, R.C., Garrett, R.G., Hall, G.E.M.

Canada.

1 D1401-19 Plouffe, A.,

McClenaghan, M.B., Paulen, R.C., McMartin, I., Campbell, J.E., Spirito, W.A.

2013 Processing of glacial sediments for the recovery of indicator minerals: protocols used at the Geological Survey of Canada.

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, Vol. 13, pp. 303-316.

Technology

Sampling

2 D1401-20 Tatsumi, Y.,

Suzuki, T., Ozawa, H., Hirose, K., Hanyu, T., Ohishi, Y.

2013 Accumulation of 'anti-continent' at the base of the mantle and its recycling in mantle plumes.

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, in press available

Mantle

D layer

3 D1401-21 Wilson, S. 2013 Diamond exploitation in

Sierra Leone 1930 to 2010: a resource curse?

Geojournal, Vol. 78, 6, pp. 997-1012.

Africa, Sierra Leone

Economics

4 D1401-22 Jamieson, R.A.,

Beaumont, C. 2013 On the origin of

orogens. Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 125, pp. 1671-1702.

Technology

Orogens

5 D1401-23 Evans, D.A.D. 2013 Recontructing pre-

Pangean supercontinents.

Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 125, pp. 1735-1751.

Global

Gondwana

6 D1401-24 Stanley, J.R.,

Flowers, R.M., Bell, D.R.

2013 Kimberlite ( U-Th) He dating links surface erosion with lithospheric heating, thinning, and metasomatism in the southern African Plateau.

Geology, Vol. 4, pp. 1243-1246.

Africa

Geochronology

7 D1401-25 Willingshofer,

E., Sokoutis, D., Beekman, F., Cloetingh, S.

2013 Subduction and deformation of the continental lithosphere in response to plate and crust-mantle coupling.

Geology, Vol. 41, pp. 1239-1242.

Mantle

Subduction

8 D1401-26 Obayashi, M.,

Yoshimitsu, J., Noelt, G., Fukao, Y., Shiobara, H., Sugioka, H., Miyamachi, H., Gao, Y.

2013 Finite frequency whole mantle P wave tomography: improvement of subducted slab images.

Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 40, 21, pp. 5652-5657.

Mantle

Tomography

9 D1401-27 Liao, J., Gerya,

T., Wang, Q. 2013 Layered structure of the

lithospheric mantle changes dynamics of

Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 40, 22, pp. 5861-5866.

Mantle





craton extension.

1 D1401-28 Costantini, L. 2013 Who's afraid of running

short of diamonds?

Idex Magazine, Dec. pp. 78-82.

Global

Economics

2 D1401-29 Russo, C. 2013 How to avoid damage to

gemstones ( jewellery) Pt. IV

Idex Magazine, Sept. pp. 74 - 84.

Technology

Gemstones

3 D1401-30 McCammon, C.,

Glazyrin, K., Kantor, A., Kantor, I., Kupenko, I., Narygina, O., Potapin, V., Vasily, P., Sinmyo, C., Chumakov, Ruffer, Sergueev, Smirnov, Dubrovinsky,

2013 Iron spin state in silicate perovskite at conditions of Earth's deep interior.

International Journal of High Pressure Research, Vol. 33, 3, pp. 663-672.

Mantle

Perovskite

4 D1401-31 Rasoamalala,

V., Salvi, S., Bexiat, D., Ursule, J-Ph., Cuney, M., De Parseval, Ph., Guillaume, D., Moine, B., Andriamampihantona, J.

2013 Geology of bastnaesite and monazite deposits in the Ambatofinandrahana area, central part of Madagascar: an overview.

Journal of African Earth Sciences, in press available

Africa, Madagascar

Bastnaesite

5 D1401-32 Pandev, O.P.,

Srivastava, R.P., Vedanti, N., Dutta, S., Dimri, V.P.

2013 Anomalous crustal and lithospheric mantle structure of southern part of the Vindhyan Basin and its geodynamic implications.

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, in press available

India, central


6 D1401-33 Guo, P., Niu, Y.,

Yu, X. 2013 A synthethis and new

perspective on the petrogenesis of kamafugites from West Qinling, China, in a global context.

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 79, pp. 86-96.

China

Kamafugites

7 D1401-34 Butterworth,

N.P., Talsma, A.S., Muller, R.D., Seton, M., Bunge, H-P., Schuberth, B.S.A., Shephard, G.E.,

2014 Geological, tomographic, kinematic and geodynamic constraints on the dynamics of sinking slabs.

Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 73, pp. 1-13.

Mantle

Subduction




Heine, C.

1 D1401-35 Chalapathi Rao,

N.V., Lehmann, B., Panwar, B.K., Kumar, A., Mainkar, D.

2013 Tokapal tuff facies kimberlite, Baston craton, central India: a nickel prospect?

Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 82, 6, pp. 595-600.

India, Central

Deposit - Tokapal

2 D1401-36 Gokarn, S.G.,

Rao, C.K., Selvaraj, C., Gupta, G., Singh, B.P.

2013 Crustal evolution and tectonics of the Archean Bundelkhand craton, central India.

Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 82, No. 5, pp. 455-460.

India

Tectonics

3 D1401-37 Dhote, P.S.,

Dongre, A.N., Subbarao, D.V.

2013 Petrochemistry of crater facies Tokapal kimberlite pipe, Bastar craton, central India and its orangeitic affinities.

Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 82, no. 5, pp. 484-494.

India

Orangeite

4 D1401-38 Howarth, G.H.,

Barry, P.H., Pernet-Fisher, J.F., Baziotis, I.P., Pokhilenko, N.P., Poikhilenko, L.N., Bodnar, R.L., Taylor, L.A., Agashev, A.M.

2014 Superplume metasomatism: evidence from Siberian mantle xenoliths.

Lithos, Vol. 184-187, pp. 209-224.

Russia

Metasomatism

5 D1401-39 Manuella, F.C. 2013 Can nanodiamonds

grow in serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal systems? A theoretical modelling study.

Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 77, pp. 3163-3174.

Technology

Nanodiamonds

6 D1401-40 Kaur, G.,

Mitchell, R.H. 2013 Mineralogy of the P2-

West 'kimberlite', Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Andhra Pradesh, India: kimberlite or lamproite?

Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 77, pp. 3175-3196.

India, Andhra Pradesh

Deposit - Wajrakarur

7 D1401-41 Madugalla,

T.B.N.S., Pitawala, H.M.T.G.A., Karunaratne, D.G.G.P.

2013 Use of carbonatites in the production of precipitated calcium carbonate: a case study from Eppawala, Sri Lanka.

Natural Resources Research., in press available

Sri Lanka

Carbonatite

8 D1401-42 Witze, A. 2013 Earth science: under

the volcano. Geophysicists are scouring the globe for evidence of mantle plumes - the presumed

Nature Geoscience, in press available

Mantle

Plumes




source of some mega-eruptions.

1 D1401-43 Cowie, P.A.,

Scholz, C.H., Roberts, G.P., Faure Walker, J.P., Steer, P.

2013 Viscous roots of active seismogenic faults revealed by geologic slip rate variations.

Nature Geoscience, Vol. 6, 12, pp. 1036-1040.

Italy, Appenines

Ductile crust

2 D1401-44 Sakamaki, T.,

Suzuki, A., Ohtani, E., Terasaki, H., Urakawa, S.

2013 Ponded melt at the bounday between the lithosphere and asthenosphere.

Nature Geoscience, Vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 1041-1044.

Mantle

Magmatism - ponding

3 D1401-45 SRK Consulting

and friends

2014 PDAC Short course Primary diamond deposits: information required to support robust business decisions related to project acquisition and investment.

PDAC Short course, SC no. 7 March 1 (one day)

Global

Short course advertisement

4 D1401-46 Moulas, E.,

Podladchikov, Y., Aranovich, L., Kostopoulos, D.

2013 The problem of depth in geology: when pressure does not translate into depth.

Petrology, Vol. 21, 6, pp. 527-538.

Mantle

Dynamics

5 D1401-47 Perchuk, A.L.,

Shur, M. Yu., Yapaskurt, V.O., Podgornova, S.T.

2013 Experimental modeling of mantle metasomatism coupled with eclogitization of crustal material in a subduction zone.

Petrology, Vol. 21, 6, pp. 579-598.

Mantle

Subduction

6 D1401-48 Petts, D.C.,

Davis, W.J., Moser, D.E., Longstaffe, F.J.

2013 Age and evolution of the lower crust beneath the western Churchill Province: U-Pb zircon geochronology of kimberlite hosted granulite xenoliths, Nunavut.

Precambrian Research, Vol. 241, pp. 129-145.

Canada, Nunavut

Geochronology

7 D1401-49 Popkin, G. 2013 Earth's plate boundaries

may nurture diamond formation.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1p. Brief overview

Mantle

Geodynamics

8 D1401-50 Palyanov, Y.N.,

Bataleva, Y.V., Sokol, A.G., Borzdov, Y.M., Kupriyanov, I.N., Reutsky, V.N., Sobolev, N.V.

2014 Mantle slab interaction and redox mechanism of diamond formation.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 110, 51, Dec. 17, pp.

Mantle

UHP, deep carbon cycle




1 D1401-51 Dept of Earth &

Atmospheric Sciences

2013 Arctic Resources Geochemistry Laboratory. State of the Art instrumentation. Aim to determine diamond age, process of formation and place of origin.

University of Alberta, 1p. Canada, Alberta

Laboratory

2 D1401-52 Kopylova, M. 2013 Yakutian kimberlites:

from discovery to 55 years of mining.

Vancouver Kimberlite Cluster, Dec. 6, 1/2p. Abstract

Russia, Yakutia

History

3 D1401-53 George, T.,

Armstrong, J. 2014 Karowe mine - a

diamond development success story.

Vancouver Kimberlite Cluster, Jan. 24, 1p. Abstract

Africa, Botswana

History - Karowe

4 D1401-54 Gibson, S.A. 2014 Continental rifting and

mantle exotica. Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group meeting, Abstract only Held Jan. 6-8. See minsoc website

Mantle

Rifting

5 D1401-55 Harte, B.,

Dawson, J.B., Gurney, J.J.

2014 Field counts of mantle xenoliths from the Kaapvaal Craton: with memories of Barry Dawson.

Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group meeting, Abstract only Held Jan. 6-8. See minsoc website


Xenoliths

6 D1401-56 Mitchell, R.H.,

Dawson, J.B. 2014 Alkali carbonate melt

inclusions in volcanic carbonatites from Kerimasi, volcano, Tanzania.

Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group meeting, Abstract only Held Jan. 6-8. See minsoc website

Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite

7 D1401-57 Buisman, I.,

Sparks, R.S.J., Brown, R., Manya, S.

2014 Microanalysis of olivine chemistry of exceptionally young kimberlite of the Igwisi Hills, volcano, Tanzania.

Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group meeting, Poster Held Jan. 6-8. See minsoc website

Africa, Tanzania

Igwisi

8 D1401-58 Faithfull, J.W.,

Hughes, J., Upton, B.J.G., Ellam, R.M., Ntaflos, T.

2014 An aillikite dyke from Sutherland, Scotland.


Europe, Scotland

Aillikite

9 D1401-59 Klocking, M.,

White, N., Maclennan, J.

2014 A magmatic probe of lithospheric thickness variations beneath western North America.


USA, Canada

Magmatism

10 D1401-60 Mattsson, H.B.,

Kervyn, M. 2014 Insights into a

carbonatite volcano, Kerimasi, N. Tanzania.


Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite

11




D1401-61 Miller, W.G.R., Holland, T.J.B., Gibson, S.A.

2014 Multiple reaction oxygen barometry for mantle peridotite: an internally consistent thermodynamic model for reactions and garnet solid-solutions, with applications to the oxidation state of lithospheric mantle.


Mantle

Thermobarometry

1 D1401-62 Rooks, E.E.,

Gibson, S.A. 2014 Evolution of the SCLM

beneath Pali Aike from mantle xenoliths.


South America, Patagonia

Xenoliths

2


INDUSTRY NEWS (by Source) REF # AUTHOR YEAR TITLE SOURCE REGION/LOCATION KEYWORDS

Page 1 (Industry News) © Sheahan Literature Service. Printed in Canada.

1 D1401-63 Afri-Can Marine

Minerals Corporation

2013 Afri-Can Marine reaches agreement for development and mining of Diamond Fields Mining Lease 111 and EPL 3403 off coast of Namibia.

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation, Dec. 5, 2p.

Africa, Namibia

News item - press release

2 D1401-64 Allafrica

2013 Diamond miners must invest in plants. Chiadzwa

Allafrica.com, Dec. 10, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange


2013 Diamond mining firm Anjin retrenches 950.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin


2013 Miners taking lustre from diamonds.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange


2013 Diamond miners unpaid for 10 months. Chiadzwa


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - GyeNyame


2013 Liberia: diamonds smuggle busted.


Africa, Liberia

News item - legal


2013 Zanu-PF accused of trading mineral wealth for arms.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal


2013 Board restructuring looms at ZMDC, Marange.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - ZMDC


2013 Diamond firms urged to scale up security. Chiadzwa


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Mbada


2013 Zim ready to beneficiate gems. Diamond Technology Centre


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - polishers


2013 Russia to start mining in Sudan. Ciberian


Africa, Sudan

News item - Ciberian


2013 Trouble at Marange, diamonds run out.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange

13 D1401-75 Botswana

Diamonds Plc.

2013 Fundraising of 740,000 lbs

Botswana Diamonds Plc., Dec. 12, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


14




D1401-76 Botswana Diamonds Plc.

2013 AGM and update ( Alrosa and drilling targets).

Botswana Diamonds Plc., Dec. 20, 2p.

Africa, Botswana


1 D1401-77 Cavan Ventures

Inc.

2013 Cavan to conduct diamond exploration in Saskatchewan. North of Pikoo

Cavan Ventures Inc., Nov. 27, 1p.

Canada, Saskatchewan


2 D1401-78 Cbc.ca

2013 Shear Diamonds seeks a buyer as Jericho mine languishes.

CBC.ca, Dec. 20, 1/2p. Canada, Nunavut

News item - Shear

3 D1401-79 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2013 Lemphane kimberlite resource increased by 80% to 48.6 Mt.

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

Africa, Lesotho

News item - Paragon

4 D1401-80 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2013 Newfield spreads reach to Sierra Leone. Allotropes Diamonds



News item - Newfield

5 D1401-81 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2013 Zimbabwe to raise tax on diamond mining from 10 to 15%, sets ambitious 2014 growth target.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

6 D1401-82 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2013 DiamondCorp sells first diamonds from Lace tailings for $ 43/ct.



News item - DiamondCorp

7 D1401-83 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2013 Trans Hex delivers improved average grades Somiluana


Africa, Angola

News item - Trans Hex

8 D1401-84 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2013 Rockwell Diamonds unearths a heavyweight precious gem. 287 ct

Creamers Mining Weekly, Nov. 27, 1p.


News item - Rockwell

9 D1401-85 De Beers

2013 De Beers auction sales introduces forward contracts.

De Beers, Dec. 3, 1p. Global


10 D1401-86 De Beers

2013 Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board approves Gahcho Kue pioneer land use permit.

De Beers, Dec. 3, 1p. Canada, Northwest Territories

News item - De Beers

11 D1401-87 Delrand

Resources Limited

2013 Delrand updates DRC diamond exploration activity. Targeted area Bomali project for geophysics survey.

Delrand Resources Limited, Dec. 9, 2p.

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo





1 D1401-88 Diamcor Mining

Inc.

2013 Overview of highlights for period ending Sept. 30. Krone Endora

Diamcor Mining Inc., Nov. 29, 1p.



2 D1401-89 Diamond Fields

International Ltd.

2013 Diamond Fields announces that all matters at AGM were approved.

Diamond Fields International Ltd., Dec. 11, 1p.

Africa, Namibia


3 D1401-90 Diamonds.net

2013 Firm to sue Belgium over decreased assessment of seized diamonds.

Diamonds.net, Dec. 10, 1/2p.

Europe, Belgium

News item - Lion's Diamond


2013 Dominion Diamond reports loss of $ 4 m, rough sales + 79%.


Canada, Northwest Territories

News item - Dominion


2013 Two Dominion diamond excecutives join True North's board. Simpson and Pounds.


Europe, Greenland

News item - True North


2013 Trans Hex's diamond production drops in 1 H fell 39% to 21,849 cts.





2013 Petra Diamonds sells two large stones for $ 12 million. 126.40 rough for $ 8.52 mln and 91.5 ct for $ 3.78 Mi



News item - Petra


2013 De Beers Dec. sight estimated at $580 million


Global

News item - DTC


2013 Alrosa targets production of 36 m carats in 2014.


Russia

News item - Alrosa


2013 Paragon acquires Mothae processing plant.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Paragon


2013 Kimberley Diamonds raises $ 11 million private share placement. Ellendale


Australia

News item - Kimberley


2013 Severalmaz prepares second phase at Lomonosov.


Russia, Arkangelsk

News item - Severalmaz




1 D1401-100

Diamonds.net

2013 Smaller Surat firms await return of its workforce.


India

News item - Surat

2 D1401-101

Diamonds.net

2013 Maguwu discusses report on diamond trace corruption.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

3 D1401-102

Diamonds.net

2013 Zimbabwe's diamond industry has come a long way in its quest for legitamacy. And it still has a ong way …


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

4 D1401-103

Diamonds.net

2013 Zimbabwe plans second Antwerp rough diamond tender.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Antwerp

5 D1401-104

Diamonds.net

2013 Divaik maintains ISO and OHSAS standards.



News item - Diavik

6 D1401-105

Diamonds.net

2013 Living dirt poor amongst Angola's diamond wealth.

Diamonds.net, Dec. 4, 1p.

Africa, Angola

News item - history

7 D1401-106

Diamonds.net

2013 Martin Rapaport addresses synthetic diamonds. 4 D's differentiation, detection, disclosure and documentation


Global

News item - synthetics

8 D1401-107

Diamonds.net

2013 Namdeb agrees to extend talks on diamond deal with Anglo.


Africa, Namibia

News item - Namdeb

9 D1401-108

Diamonds.net

2013 Lukoil receives diamond export license in Russia.


Russia, Arkangelsk

News item - Lukoil

10 D1401-109

Diamonds.net

2013 Marange miners near end of alluvial deposits, seek new areas to explore.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange

11 D1401-110

Diamonds.net

2013 Artisanal council asks Zimbabwe to assist, not arrest miners.

Diamonds.net, Nov. 27, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

12




D1401-111

Diamonds.net

2013 Mountain Province raises $ 28 million.

Diamonds.net, Nov. 27, 1/4p.


News item - Mountain Province

1 D1401-112

Dominion Diamond Corporation

2013 Reports fiscal 2014 third quarter results.

Dominion Diamond Corporation, Dec. 11, 40p.



2 D1401-113

Hindustan Times

2013 Approval from Indian government - Bunder. Locals earned little from Rio Tinto's diamond project.

Hindustan Times, Dec. 17, 1p.

India

News item - Rio Tinto

3 D1401-114

Idex Memo

2013 What do global diamond meetings do for you? A lot, actually.

Idex online, Dec. 12, 2p. Global

News item - industry

4 D1401-115

Idex Online

2013 Indian banks reluctant to lend due to loan defaults.

Idex online, Dec. 17, 1/4p.

India

News item - legal

5 D1401-116

Idex Online

2013 Kimberlite found in Antarctica, say researchers. Yaxley ( ANU) . Mining is banned.

Idex online, Dec. 19, 1/4p.

Antarctica

News item - Mount Meredith

6 D1401-117

Idex Memo

2013 The certification scam that will hurt. Lab grading standards.

Idex online, Dec. 19, 2p. Technology

News item - grading

7 D1401-118

Idex Memo

2013 Stop shouting at customers and start engaging with them … marketing.

Idex online, Dec. 26, 1p. Global

News item - marketing

8 D1401-119

Idex Online

2013 Namibia has extended negotiations on new diamond sales agreement with De Beers' parent Anglo to June 2014.

Idex online, Dec. 5, 1/4p. Africa, Namibia

News item - Namdeb

9 D1401-120

Idex Online

2013 Russia ends export tax on diamond supplies to Armenia.

Idex online, Dec. 5, 1/4p. Russia, Armenia

News item -legal

10 D1401-121

Idex Memo

2013 A tale of two cities: Moscow and Gabarone.

Idex online, Dec. 5, 3p. Russia, Africa, Botswana

News item - sightholders

11




D1401-122

Idex Online

2013 India opens synthetic diamond detection facility at BDB ( Bharat Diamond Bourse)

Idex online, Dec. 8, 1/2p. India


1 D1401-123

Idex Memo

2013 Holiday forecast: cautious outlook.

Idex online, Nov. 27, 1p. Global

News item - economics

2 D1401-124

Kennady Diamonds Inc.

2013 Kennady Diamonds announces 2013 summer diamond recovery results from Kelvin kimberlite average 4.56 carats per tonne.

Kennady Diamonds Inc., Dec. 16, 4p.



3 D1401-125

Lucara Diamond Corporation

2013 Lucara announces a significant increase in value of mineral resource at Karowe mine.

Lucara Diamond Corporation, Dec. 19, 2p.

Africa, Botswana


4 D1401-126

Metalex Ventures Ltd.

2013 Metalex announces progress on the U2 and Quebec diamond projects.

Metalex Ventures Ltd., Nov. 29, 1p.

Canada, Quebec


5 D1401-127

Mineweb

2013 Illegal miners infest Venezuela's Amazon

Mineweb.com, Dec .3, 1/2p.

South America, Venezuela

News item - legal

6 D1401-128

Mineweb

2013 Alrosa sees rough gem prices up 2% to 3% in 2014.

Mineweb.com, Dec. 18, 1/4p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

7 D1401-129

Mineweb

2013 Zimbabwe plans sale of Marange diamonds in Antwerp.

Mineweb.com, Dec. 4, 1p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - ZMDC

8 D1401-130

Mining Magazine

2013 Save water and increase uptime. Double mechanical seals and tank systems … ref to a mine in Botswana

Mining Magazine, Nov. p. 28. 1/4p.

Africa, Botswana

News item - mining

9 D1401-131

Mining.com

2013 Diamond prices to jump next year - Alrosa.

Mining.com, Dec. 4, 1/2p. Global

News item - Alrosa

10 D1401-132

Mining.com

2013 Innovate or perish - Deloitte to the mining industry.

Mining.com, Dec. 4, 1/2p. Global

News item - Deloitte

11 D1401-133

Mining.com

2013 Zimbabwe's diamond mine workers want 250% pay hike.

Mining.com, Dec. 4, 1/4p. Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal




1 D1401-134

Mining.com

2013 Can the mining industry use zeppelins?

Mining.com, Dec. 4, 1/4p. Technology

News item - zeppelins

2 D1401-135

Mining.com

2013 Mining industry has paid Canada $ 71 billion in last ten years.

Mining.com, Dec. 4, 1/4p. Canada


3 D1401-136

National Post

2013 Inside Antwerp's secret, glittering, ultra-secure diamond HQ where 85% of the world's supply changes hands.

National Post, Dec. 9, 6p. Europe, Belgium

News item - Antwerp business

4 D1401-137

Pangolin Diamonds Corporation

2013 Pangolin Diamonds intersects 59 metres of kimberlite at one of the World's largest kimberlites in Botswana. Tsabong Magi-04

Pangolin Diamonds Corporation, Dec. 11, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


5 D1401-138


2013 Pangolin Diamonds exploration update at its Malatswae project, Botswana.


Africa, Botswana


6 D1401-139


2013 Results of geobotanical anomaly GK6 in Jwaneng South project. Core samples indicate GK6 is not a kimberlite.


Africa, Botswana


7 D1401-140

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.

2013 Peregrine Diamonds closes $ 3 million private placement.

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., Dec. 19, 1p.

Canada, Nunavut


8 D1401-141

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.

2013 Peregrine's 222.1 tonne Chidliak sample at 2.7 ct/t.

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., Dec. 3, 6p.

Canada, Nunavut


9 D1401-142

Kilalea, D.

2013 Dominion Diamond Corp. Q3 reflects soft rough diamond prices.

RBC Capital Markets, Dec. 11, 5p.



10 D1401-143

Kilalea, D.

2013 Lucara Diamond Corp. Closing 2013 with positive resource update. Karowe


Africa, Botswana

News item - Lucara

11 D1401-144

Kilalea, D.

2013 Petra Diamonds ltd. Balance sheet distracts from grade enhancement potential.



News item - Petra

12




D1401-145

Kilalea, D.

2013 Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Permit allows for continued development of Gahcho Kue. ( winter road etc)



News item - Mountain Province

1 D1401-146

Rockwell Diamonds Inc.

2013 Rockwell delivers record quarterly carat production with improved revenue from diamond sales for the sixth successive quarter and announces a new BEE partnership for its Middle Orange River operations.

Rockwell Diamonds Inc., Dec. 9, 3p.



2 D1401-147

Stellar Diamonds Plc.

2013 Joint venture on Baoule diamond pipe in Aredor District of Guinea. Tassilman JV

Stellar Diamonds Plc., Dec 9, 3p.

Africa, Guinea


3 D1401-148

Sunergy, Inc.

2013 Sunergy raises $ 150,000 through a combination of loans and equity and management goes to West Africa commencing operations dredging for gold, diamonds and black sands to produce cash flow.

Sunergy, Inc., Dec. 3, 1p. Africa, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana


4 D1401-149

The New York Times

2013 Following the murky trail left by diamonds and cash. Antwerp traders….

The New York Times, Dec. 15, 2p.

Europe, Belgium

News item - legal

5 D1401-150

The New York Times

2013 Laurence Graff: the King of Diamonds decorated as order of British Empire …. History,

The New York Times, Dec. 9, 2p.

Global

News item - Graff

6 D1401-151

Tsodilo Resources

2013 Diamond exploration - brief paragraph on 36 soil samples over PL95/2012 southwest of Jwaneng mine.

Tsodilo Resources, Nov. 26, 1/4p.

Africa, Botswana


7 D1401-152

Business Mining

2013 De Beers takes the shine off synthetic diamonds. Not even call them diamonds

www.bdlive.co.za/businessmining, Dec. 3, 1p.

Technology


8 D1401-153

Independent Newspaper

2013 Is the world's biggest market about to

www.independent.uk, Dec. 7, 6p.

Europe, Belgium

News item - Antwerp




crumble?

1 D1401-154

The Israeli diamond industry

2013 GIA to issue revised diamond certificates come 2014

www.israeli.il.co, Dec. 5, 1/4p.

Global

News item - GIA

2 D1401-155


2013 Tiffany sees 1st diamonds from Lace tailings.



News item - DiamondCorp

3 D1401-156


2013 Diamond polishers okayed to start work in Zimbabwe.


Africa, Zimbabwe


4 D1401-157

Polished prices

2013 First Element announces tender of Zim goods in Antwerp. Marange

www.polishedprices.com, Dec. 10, 1/8p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - First Element

5 D1401-158

Polished prices

2013 Chinese investor to acquire ADB. ( Antwerp Diamond Bank)


Europe, Belgium

News item - Yinren

6 D1401-159

Polished prices

2013 Israel's diamond industry fighting imposition of money laundering controls - report.


Europe, Israel

News item - legal

7 D1401-160

Rough-diamond

2013 Gokhran procured rough diamonds worth RUB 3.52 billion from Alrosa.

www.roughdiamond.com, Dec. 11, 1/4p.

Russia

News item - Gokhran

8 D1401-161

Rough-diamond

2013 Next year, Alrosa Group plans to export 35.9 million carats of diamonds AGD - 1.2 million.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

9 D1401-162

Rough-diamond

2013 First Zimbabwe diamond tender in Antwerp.


Europe, Belgium

News item - Antwerp

10 D1401-163

Rough-diamond

2013 Afri-Can Marine, IDMH agree to develop diamond mining leases.


Africa, Namibia

News item - Afri-Can

11 D1401-164

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa may issue Eurobonds or draw a loan in 2014.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

12 D1401-165

Rough-diamond

2013 Smolensk Governor discussed the problems


Russia

News item - Kristall




of Kristall.

1 D1401-166

Rough-diamond

2013 Trans Hex produces over 49,000 ct at Angola's Somiluana.


Africa, Angola


2 D1401-167

Rough-diamond

2013 Uralalmaz has won auction for Silurian area Rassolninskaya depression in Perm Territory.


Russia

News item - Uralalmaz

3 D1401-168

Rough-diamond

2013 De Beers Marange 'saga' refuses to die down…. De Beers taking diamonds for 15 years before notifying the state.


Africa, Zimbabwe


4 D1401-169

Rough-diamond

2013 Zim, Russian JV joyful over Chimanimani diamond deposit.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Econedra

5 D1401-170

Rough-diamond

2013 Zim mines minister dissolves diamond boards.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - ZMDC

6 D1401-171

Rough-diamond

2013 BlueRock Diamonds commences SA trial mining operations. K1 and K2 pipes Kareevlei.



News item - BlueRock

7 D1401-172

Rough-diamond

2013 Shawish - Lord of the rings.


Technology

News item - jewellery

8 D1401-173

Rough-diamond

2013 Botswana Diamonds raises 540 k to fund exploration projects with Alrosa.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Botswana

9 D1401-174

Rough-diamond

2013 Demand for fancy diamonds will grow - Sotheby's.


Global

News item - Sothebys

10 D1401-175

Rough-diamond

2013 Only one locally owned firm licenced to cut, polish Zim diamonds - DBAZ


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - DBAZ

11 D1401-176

Rough-diamond

2013 Petra pockets over $ 12 mln from sale of two 'exceptional stones'.



News item - Petra

12 D1401-177

Rough-diamond

2013 Zim to annul Marange JV agreement with


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - GyeNyame




GyeNyame

1 D1401-178

Rough-diamond

2013 Richland concludes tanzanite licence deal.


Africa, Tanzania

News item - Richland

2 D1401-179

Rough-diamond

2013 Trial mining recommended for Paragon's Lemphane kimberlite project.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Paragon

3 D1401-180

Rough-diamond

2013 Anglo American (Cutifani) has no plans to offload De Beers. ( owns 85%)


Global


4 D1401-181

Rough-diamond

2013 Andrey Sharanov from Skolkovo may head Alrosa's supervisory board. ( Chairman)


Russia

News item - Alrosa

5 D1401-182

Rough-diamond

2013 Diamond line - Harry Winston's fairway. Leader in global jewellery market.


Global

News item - Harry Winston

6 D1401-183

Rough-diamond

2013 Need for CFCs for small diamond units in Gujarat. ( Common Facility Centres)


India

News item - CFC

7 D1401-184

Rough-diamond

2013 Angola mining industry to reach $ 2.8 bln in 2017.


Africa, Angola


8 D1401-185

Rough-diamond

2013 Botswana, the future center of the diamond business in Africa?


Africa, Botswana


9 D1401-186

Rough-diamond

2013 Severalmaz will provide 10% of total output generated by Alrosa starting from 2019.


Russia, Arkangelsk

News item - Alrosa

10 D1401-187

Rough-diamond

2013 Anjin grapples with high costs of mining conglomerates in Marange.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin

11 D1401-188

Rough-diamond

2013 Who did the diamond gulag work for?


Russia

News item - Uralalmaz

12 D1401-189

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa elected new supervisory board.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

13




D1401-190

Rough-diamond

2013 Kimberley raises $ 11 mln to fund Botswana, Australia diamond mines.


Africa, Botswana, Australia

News item - Kimberley

1 D1401-191

Rough-diamond

2013 Marange diamonds fetch 7.6 mln at trial Antwerp auction.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange

2 D1401-192

Rough-diamond

2013 Antwerp rough diamond exports increased in November.


Europe, Belgium

News item - exports

3 D1401-193

Rough-diamond

2013 IDE holds a fundraising drive at Bourse.


Global

News item - IDE

4 D1401-194

Rough-diamond

2013 Zim revises 2013 diamond output target downwards.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange

5 D1401-195

Rough-diamond

2013 Lucara lifts mineral resource value at Karowe.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Lucara

6 D1401-196

Rough-diamond

2013 Stellar raises 0.31 miln to finance Tongo kimberlite project.



News item - Stellar

7 D1401-197

Rough-diamond

2013 Richland seeks to restart tanzanite operations.


Africa, Tanzania

News item - Richland

8 D1401-198

Rough-diamond

2013 Zimbabwe diamond beneficiation association seeks $ 50 M for value addition.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - DBAZ

9 D1401-199

Rough-diamond

2013 Angolan government renews support for DDI


Africa, Angola

News item - DDI

10 D1401-200

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa and AWDC signed a cooperation agreement.


Russia, Europe

News item - Alrosa

11 D1401-201

Rough-diamond

2013 Global diamond players flock to Zimbabwe.


Africa, Zimbabwe


12 D1401-202

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa to increase diamond production in the Arkangelsk region.


Russia, Arkangelsk

News item - Alrosa

13 D1401-203

Rough-diamond

2013 Central African Republic asks KP lift diamond


Africa, Central

News item - KP




exports ban. African Republic

1 D1401-204

Rough-diamond

2013 Kristall to procure over 7,000 carats of rough diamonds worth up to RUB 106.47 m


Russia

News item - Kristall

2 D1401-205

Rough-diamond

2013 Brazil, China, Spain to map Angola's diamond potential.


Africa, Angola

News item - geology

3 D1401-206

Rough-diamond

2013 Diamonds mined in Namibia selling for over $ 1.8 mln.


Africa, Namibia

News item - diamonds notable

4 D1401-207

Rough-diamond

2013 De Beers launches war of semantics on synthetic diamonds.


Technology


5 D1401-208

Rough-diamond

2013 FCS can facilitate transactions with precious metals and stones. (Federal Customs Service)


Technology

News item - FCS

6 D1401-209

Rough-diamond

2013 First diamonds from Lace tailings earn DiamondCorp over $ 270,000



News item - Diamondcorp

7 D1401-210

Rough-diamond

2013 De Beers introduces 'forward contracts'…. Auction sales.


Global


8 D1401-211

Rough-diamond

2013 First Element set to get vast diamond claims in Zim - report.


Africa, Zimbabwe


9 D1401-212

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa posted results for Q3 and 9 months 2013.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

10 D1401-213

Rough-diamond

2013 Zimbabwe licences foreign diamond polishers.


Africa, Zimbabwe


11 D1401-214

Rough-diamond

2013 KP should ignore CAR's plea to lift diamond exports ban.


Africa, Central African Republic

News item - KP

12 D1401-215

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa to consider acquisition of diamond deposit from Lukoil. Grib


Russia, Arkangelsk

News item - LukOIL

13




D1401-216

Rough-diamond

2013 Liberian artisanal miners feel burdened by diamond tax.


Africa, Liberia

News item - legal

1 D1401-217

Rough-diamond

2013 The DDRC inaugurated at Bharat diamond bourse…. Diamond Detection and Resource Centre)


India


2 D1401-218

Rough-diamond

2013 IDE launches awareness campaign on synthetic diamonds


Europe, Israel

News item - IDE

3 D1401-219

Rough-diamond

2013 Clean diamonds before auction, Zim tells miners.


Africa, Zimbabwe


4 D1401-220

Rough-diamond

2013 Marange diamond miners exhaust alluvial deposits, wants new claims.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin

5 D1401-221

Rough-diamond

2013 Russian government to break Yakutia's monopoly on diamond exports. ( Lukoil)


Russia

News item - Lukoil

6 D1401-222

Rough-diamond

2013 South Africa's Northern Cape to host kimberlite diamond symposium & trade show.



News item - GSSA

7 D1401-223

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa might reduce rough stock by 1.5 - 2 m carats in 2014.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

8 D1401-224

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa will not proceed with a jewellery brand.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

9 D1401-225

Rough-diamond

2013 We are interested in growth, but not just for the sake of getting more diamonds - Gannicott

www.roughdiamond.com, Dec. 9, 1p.



10 D1401-226

Rough-diamond

2013 World Bank says diamonds key to Zim economic recovery.

www.roughdiamond.com, Nov. 27, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - WB

11 D1401-227

Rough-diamond

2013 Zim diamond polishers condemn poor rough supplies.


Africa, Zimbabwe


12 D1401-228

Rough-diamond

2013 Alrosa geologists to start work on Botswana diamonds in Orapa in


Africa, Angola

News item - Alrosa

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