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More on Rio Tinto Minining

Mining giant Rio Tinto is in the works with pushing forward their Murowa Venture. Harry Kenyon-Slanley, Rio’s chief executive of diamonds and minerals reported that they are content with their Zimbabwe diamond operation. Everything in Zimbabwe seems like a dark cloud. It’s unclear what’s exactly happening. The Murowa operation has good quality diamonds, which allows [...]

Korean mining company to work on Cameroon mine

It seems like everyone around the world is trying to take a stab at the jewelry mining business. The newest mine in discussion is in southeast Cameroon. Korean company C&K Mining has been given a license to develop a diamond mine in the area. This was announced by Korea’s ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...]

Stand out with this technology piece

The day when jewelry is completely replaced with technology is a day when a part of me dies. I mean, how advanced has technology come since ten years ago! Here’s something that shocked me as I read it! Electronic jewelry is something that has come to life! This instance has something to do with a [...]

Holiday season is the season for jewelry!

Over the past years, jewelry sales have not been particular strong, especially during the winter holiday season. However this year, from a worker’s account, things seem a bit crazier. In an interview with someone who works at the jewelry counter in a major department store; we learn about how different it is this year. The [...]

A quick way to fail a customs check

Diamond smugglers have tried many ways to bring their diamonds through airport customs. However, whatever you do, it simply won’t work. The latest attempt at this was an Azerbaijani citizen that was arrested after 18 diamonds were found in his suitcase. If you did not know, diamonds were a very controlled item. You cannot freely [...]