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Guarino, V., Wu, F-Y., Lustrino, M., Melluso, L. Brotzu, P., et al.

“U Pb ages, Sr Nd isotope geochemistry, and petrogenesis of kimberlites, kamafugites and phlogopite picrites of the Alto Paranaiba Igneous Province, Brazil.”

Chemical Geology,

D1208-09 Zhang, Z.,

Fedortchouk, Y. “Records of mantle metasomatism in the morphology of diamonds from the Slave craton.”

European Journal of Mineralogy,

D1208-26 Hunt, L., Stachel,

T., Grutter, H., Armstrong, J., McCandless, T.E., Simonetti, A., Tappe, S.

“Small mantle fragments from the Renard kimberlites, Quebec: powerful recorders of mantle lithosphere formation and modification beneath the eastern Superior Craton.”

Journal of Petrology,

D1208-29 Vani, T. “New data in the interpretation of

the geology and morphology of Maddur area, Andhra Pradesh through remote sensing.”

Journal of the Geological Society of India,

D1208-32 Johnson, C.N.,

Stachel, T., Muehlenbachs, K., et al.

“The micro/macro diamond relationship: a case study from the Artemisia kimberlite ( northern Slave Craton), Canada.”

Lithos,

D1208-33 Evans, N.J.,

McInnes, B.I.A., McDonald, B., et al.

“Emplacement age and thermal footprint of the diamondiferous Ellendale E9 lamproite pipe, Western Australia.”

Mineralium Deposita,

D1208-40 Ashchepkov, I.V.,

Rotmasm A.Y., Somov, S.V.

“Composition and thermal structure of the lithospheric mantle beneath kimberlite pipes from the Catoca cluster, Angola.”

Tectonophysics,

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

Page 1 (Scientific by Source) © Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service and The University of British Columbia. Printed in Canada.

1 D1208-01 Guarino, V., Wu,

F-Y., Lustrino, M., Melluso, L. Brotzu, P., De Barros Gomes, C., Ruberti, E., Tassarini, C.C.G., Svisero, D.P.

2012 U Pb ages, Sr Nd isotope geochemistry, and petrogenesis of kimberlites, kamafugites and phlogopite picrites of the Alto Paranaiba Igneous Province, Brazil.

Chemical Geology, in press available 57p.

South America, Brazil

Geochronology

2 D1208-02 Tappe, S.,

Steenfelt, A., Nielsen, T.

2012 Astheospheric source of Neoproterozoic and Mesozoic kimberlites from the North Atlantic craton, West Greenland: new high precision U-Pb and Sr-Nd isotope data on perovskite.

Chemical Geology, Vol. 320-321, pp. 113-127.

Europe, Greenland

Geochronology

3 D1208-03 Shchulina, E.V.,

Golovin, N.N., Malkovets, V.G., Pokhilenko, N.P.

2012 Mineralogy and equilibrium P-T estimates for peridotite assemblages from the V Grib kimberlite pipe (Arkangelsk kimberlite province).

Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 444, 2, pp. 776-781.

Russia, Arkangel

Deposit - Grib

4 D1208-04 Howell, D.,

Wood, I.G., Nestola, F., Nimis, P., Nasdala, L.

2012 Inclusions under remnant pressure in diamond: a multi-technique approach.

European Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 24, 4, pp. 563-573.

Technology

Diamond inclusions

5 D1208-05 Howell, D., 2012 Strain induced

birefringence in natural diamond: a review.


Technology

Diamond

6 D1208-06 Armstrong, L.S.,

Walter, M.J. 2012 Tetragonal almandine

pyrope phase ( TAPP): retrograde Mg-perovskite from subducted oceanic crust?


Technology

Perovskite

7 D1208-07 Nestola, F.,

Merli, M., Nimis, P., Parisatto, M., Kopylova, M., DE Stefano, A., Longo, M., Ziberna, L., Manghnani, M.

2012 In situ analysis of garnet inclusion in diamond using single crystal X-ray diffraction and X-ray micro-tomography.


Technology

Tomography

8 D1208-08 Malaspina, N.,

Tumiati, S. 2012 The role of C-O-H and

oxygen fugacity in subduction-zone garnet peridotites.


Mantle

Subduction




1 D1208-09 Zhang, Z.,

Fedortchouk, Y. 2012 Records of mantle

metasomatism in the morphology of diamonds from the Slave craton.


Canada, Northwest Territories

Deposit -

2 D1208-10 Princivalle, F.,

Martignago, F., Nestola, F., Dal Negro, A.

2012 Kinetics of cation ordering in synthetic Mg(Al,Fe3+2O4 spinels.


Technology

3 D1208-11 Nadolinny, V.A.,

Yuryeva. O.P., Rakhmanova, M.I., Shatsky, V.S., Palyanov, Y.N., Kupriyanov, I.N., Zedgenizov, D.A., Ragozin, A.L.

2012 Distribution of OK1, N3 and NU1 defects in diamond crystals of different habits.


Technology

Diamond morphology

4 D1208-12 Lu, T. Chen, H.,

Qiu, Z., Zhang, J., Wei, R., Ke, J., Sunagawa, I. Stern, R., Stachel, T.

2012 Multiple core growth structure and nitrogen abundances of diamond crystals from Shandong and Liaoning kimberlite pipes, China.


China

Deposit - Shandong, Liaonging

5 D1208-13 GIA Lab 2012 CVD synthetic

diamonds identified in Hong Kong laboratory.

G&G eBrief, Vol. 3, 10, July 10, 1/4p.

Technology

Synthetic diamonds

6 D1208-14 Eaton-Magana,

S., D'Haenens-Johansson, U.F.S.,

2012 Recent advances in CVD synthetic diamond quality.

Gems & Gemology, Vol. 48, 2, Summer pp. 124-127.

Technology

Synthetic diamonds

7 D1208-15 Wang, W.,

D'Haenens-Johansson, U.F.S., Johnson, P., Soe Moe, K., Emerson, E., Newton, M., Moses, T.M.

2012 CVD synthetic diamodns from Gemesis Corp.


Technology

Gemesis

8 D1208-16 Sigloch, K. 2012 Mantle provinces under

North America from multifrequency P wave tomography.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 12

Mantle

Tomography

9 D1208-17 Westaway, R. 2012 A numerical modelling

technique that can account for alternations of uplift and subsidence

Geomorphology, Vol. 165-166, pp. 124-143.

Mantle

Rheology




revealed by Late Cainozoic fluvial sequences.

1 D1208-18 Samson, I. 2012 The geochemistry of

fluid mediated processes in the formtion of rare element deposits in silicic alkaline systems.

Gordon Research Centre Conference July 15-20, Abstract

Technology

Alkaline rocks

2 D1208-19 Wall, F. 2012 Carbonatite related rare

earth deposits. Gordon Research Centre Conference July 15-20, Abstract

Technology

Carbonatite

3 D1208-20 Almor, Y., 2012 Who's afraid

ofirradiated diamonds?

Hayahalom, No. 207, pp. 157-

Technology

Diamond - irradiation

4 D1208-21 International

Mining

2012 Petra's Kimberley …. Great mines series.

International Mining, July 3p.

Africa, South Africa

Deposit - Kimberley


Mining

2012 Great mines - Petra's Kimberley and more (underground)



Deposit - Kimberley

6 D1208-23 Shahraki, M.,

Schmeling, H. 2012 Plume induced geoid

anomalies from 2D axi-symmetric temperature and pressure dependent mantle convection models.

Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 59-60, pp. 193-206.

Mantle

Convection

7 D1208-24 Li, Z-H., Ribe,

N.M., 2012 Dynamics of free

subduction from 3-D boundary element modeling.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, B6 B06408

Mantle

Subduction

8 D1208-25 Journal of

Metamorphic Geology

2012 Introduction to a virtual special issue on crustal melting.

Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Vol. 30, pp. 453-356.

Mantle

Melting

9 D1208-26 Hunt, L.,

Stachel, T., Grutter, H., Armstrong, J., McCandless, T.E., Simonetti, A., Tappe, S.

2012 Small mantle fragments from the Renard kimberlites, Quebec: powerful recorders of mantle lithosphere formation and modification beneath the eastern Superior Craton.

Journal of Petrology, Vol. 53, 8, pp. 1597-1635.

Canada, Quebec

Deposit - Renard

10 D1208-27 Harvey, J.,

Yoshikawa, M., Hammond, S.J., Burton, K.W.

2012 Deciphering the trace element characteristics in Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths: melt-rock interaction and metasomatism


USA

Xenoliths




beneath the Rio Grande rift, SW USA.

1 D1208-28 Murakami, M.,

Ohishi, Y., Hirao, N., Hirose, K.

2012 A perovskite lower mantle inferred from high pressure, high temperature sound velocity data.

Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 80, 1, p. 147. Brief review

Mantle

Perovskite

2 D1208-29 Vani, T. 2012 New data in the

interpretation of the geology and morphology of Maddur area, Andhra Pradesh through remote sensing.

Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 80, 1, pp. 145-147.

India, Andhra Pradesh

Deposit - Maddur

3 D1208-30 Corgne, A.,

Armstrong, L.S., Keshav, S., Fei, Y., McDonough, W.F., Minarik, W.G., Moreno, K.

2012 Trace element partitioning between majoritic garnet and silicate melt at 10-17 Gpa: implications for deep mantle processes.

Lithos, Vol. 148, pp. 128-141.

Africa, South Africa, Guinea

Deposit - Kankan

4 D1208-31 Keller, J.,

Zaitsev, A.N. 2012 Geochemistry and

petrogenetic significance of natrocarbonatites at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: composition of lavas from 1988-2007.

Lithos, Vol. 148, pp. 45-53.

Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite

5 D1208-32 Johnson, C.N.,

Stachel, T., Muehlenbachs, K., Stern, R.A., Armstrong, J.P., EIMF

2012 The micro/macro diamond relationship: a case study from the Artemisia kimberlite ( northern Slave Craton), Canada.

Lithos, Vol. 148, pp. 86-97.


Deposit - Artemisia

6 D1208-33 Evans, N.J.,

McInnes, B.I.A., McDonald, B., Danisik, M., Jourdan, F., Mayers, C., Thern, E., Corbett, D.

2012 Emplacement age and thermal footprint of the diamondiferous Ellendale E9 lamproite pipe, Western Australia.

Mineralium Deposita, in press available

Australia

Deposit - Ellendale E9

7 D1208-34 Camara,

F.,Sokolova, E., Hawthorne, F.C.

2012 Kazanskyite, Ba Ti Nb Na3 Ti (Si207) 202 (OH) 2 (H20)4, a group III Ti disilicate mineral from the Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: description and crystal structure.

Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 76, 3, pp. 473-492.

Russia, Kola Peninsula

Alkaline rocks

8




D1208-35 Kullerud, K., Zozulya, D., Ravna, J.K.

2012 Formation of baotite - a Cl rich silicate - together with fluorapatite and F rich hydrous silicates in the Kvaloya lamproite dyke, North Norway.

Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 105, 3-4, pp. 145-156.

Europe, Norway

Lamproite

1 D1208-36 MEG 2012 Diamond pipeline report

2012. Minerals Economics Group, Cost $ 450.00 US

Global

Production




Nature, Vol. 485, May 3, pp. 90-94.

Mantle

Perovskite

3 D1208-38 Rutter, N.,

Coronato, A. Helmens, K., Rabassa, J., Zarate, M.

2012 Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the last glacial maximum.

Springer Book, Book ad North and South America, Canada, USA

Geomorphology

4 D1208-39 Stonechicky 2012 Will industrial diamonds

go extinct?

Stonechicky, 1/4p. Technology

Industrial diamond

5 D1208-40 Ashchepkov,

I.V., Rotmasm A.Y., Somov, S.V.

2012 Composition and thermal structure of the lithospheric mantle beneath kimberlite pipes from the Catoca cluster, Angola.

Tectonophysics, Vol. 530-531, pp. 128-151.

Africa, Angola

Deposit - Catoca

6 D1208-41 Griffin, W.,

Carbonell, R., Lenardic, A.

2012 The crust-mantle lithosphere system.

www.34igc.org, Session abstract

Mantle

Geodyanmics

7 D1208-42 O'Neill, C.

Fernandez, M. 2012 The lithospher-

asthenosphere boundary: nature, formation and evolution from Hadean to now.


Mantle

Boundary

8 D1208-43 Rainer, t.,

Davidson, P. 2012 The application of

Raman spectroscopy in the study of fluid and melt inclusions.

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften, Vol. 163, 2, pp. 113-126.

Technology

Graphite, diamond

9


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

Page 1 (by Region) © Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service and The University of British Columbia. Printed in Canada.

1 D1208-40 Ashchepkov,

I.V., Rotmasm A.Y., Somov, S.V.

2012 Composition and thermal structure of the lithospheric mantle beneath kimberlite pipes from the Catoca cluster, Angola.

Tectonophysics, Vol. 530-531, pp. 128-151.

Africa, Angola

Deposit - Catoca


Mining

2012 Great mines - Petra's Kimberley and more (underground)



Deposit - Kimberley


Mining

2012 Petra's Kimberley …. Great mines series.



Deposit - Kimberley

4 D1208-30 Corgne, A.,

Armstrong, L.S., Keshav, S., Fei, Y., McDonough, W.F., Minarik, W.G., Moreno, K.

2012 Trace element partitioning between majoritic garnet and silicate melt at 10-17 Gpa: implications for deep mantle processes.

Lithos, Vol. 148, pp. 128-141.

Africa, South Africa, Guinea

Deposit - Kankan

5 D1208-31 Keller, J.,

Zaitsev, A.N. 2012 Geochemistry and

petrogenetic significance of natrocarbonatites at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: composition of lavas from 1988-2007.

Lithos, Vol. 148, pp. 45-53.

Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite

6 D1208-33 Evans, N.J.,

McInnes, B.I.A., McDonald, B., Danisik, M., Jourdan, F., Mayers, C., Thern, E., Corbett, D.

2012 Emplacement age and thermal footprint of the diamondiferous Ellendale E9 lamproite pipe, Western Australia.

Mineralium Deposita, in press available

Australia

Deposit - Ellendale E9

7 D1208-32 Johnson, C.N.,

Stachel, T., Muehlenbachs, K., Stern, R.A., Armstrong, J.P., EIMF

2012 The micro/macro diamond relationship: a case study from the Artemisia kimberlite ( northern Slave Craton), Canada.

Lithos, Vol. 148, pp. 86-97.


Deposit - Artemisia

8 D1208-09 Zhang, Z.,

Fedortchouk, Y. 2012 Records of mantle

metasomatism in the morphology of diamonds from the Slave craton.



Deposit -

9 D1208-26 Hunt, L.,

Stachel, T., 2012 Small mantle fragments

from the Renard Journal of Petrology, Vol. 53, 8, pp. 1597-1635.

Canada,

Deposit - Renard




Grutter, H., Armstrong, J., McCandless, T.E., Simonetti, A., Tappe, S.

kimberlites, Quebec: powerful recorders of mantle lithosphere formation and modification beneath the eastern Superior Craton.

Quebec

1 D1208-12 Lu, T. Chen, H.,

Qiu, Z., Zhang, J., Wei, R., Ke, J., Sunagawa, I. Stern, R., Stachel, T.

2012 Multiple core growth structure and nitrogen abundances of diamond crystals from Shandong and Liaoning kimberlite pipes, China.


China

Deposit - Shandong, Liaonging

2 D1208-02 Tappe, S.,

Steenfelt, A., Nielsen, T.

2012 Astheospheric source of Neoproterozoic and Mesozoic kimberlites from the North Atlantic craton, West Greenland: new high precision U-Pb and Sr-Nd isotope data on perovskite.

Chemical Geology, Vol. 320-321, pp. 113-127.

Europe, Greenland

Geochronology

3 D1208-35 Kullerud, K.,

Zozulya, D., Ravna, J.K.

2012 Formation of baotite - a Cl rich silicate - together with fluorapatite and F rich hydrous silicates in the Kvaloya lamproite dyke, North Norway.

Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 105, 3-4, pp. 145-156.

Europe, Norway

Lamproite

4 D1208-36 MEG 2012 Diamond pipeline report

2012. Minerals Economics Group, Cost $ 450.00 US

Global

Production

5 D1208-29 Vani, T. 2012 New data in the

interpretation of the geology and morphology of Maddur area, Andhra Pradesh through remote sensing.

Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 80, 1, pp. 145-147.

India, Andhra Pradesh

Deposit - Maddur

6 D1208-41 Griffin, W.,

Carbonell, R., Lenardic, A.

2012 The crust-mantle lithosphere system.


Mantle

Geodyanmics

7 D1208-25 Journal of

Metamorphic Geology

2012 Introduction to a virtual special issue on crustal melting.

Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Vol. 30, pp. 453-356.

Mantle

Melting

8 D1208-24 Li, Z-H., Ribe,

N.M., 2012 Dynamics of free

subduction from 3-D boundary element modeling.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, B6 B06408

Mantle

Subduction

9 D1208-08 Malaspina, N.,

Tumiati, S. 2012 The role of C-O-H and

oxygen fugacity in European Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 24, 4, pp.

Mantle

Subduction




subduction-zone garnet peridotites.

607-618.




Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 80, 1, p. 147. Brief review

Mantle

Perovskite




Nature, Vol. 485, May 3, pp. 90-94.

Mantle

Perovskite

3 D1208-42 O'Neill, C.

Fernandez, M. 2012 The lithospher-

asthenosphere boundary: nature, formation and evolution from Hadean to now.


Mantle

Boundary

4 D1208-23 Shahraki, M.,

Schmeling, H. 2012 Plume induced geoid

anomalies from 2D axi-symmetric temperature and pressure dependent mantle convection models.

Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 59-60, pp. 193-206.

Mantle

Convection

5 D1208-16 Sigloch, K. 2012 Mantle provinces under

North America from multifrequency P wave tomography.

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 12

Mantle

Tomography

6 D1208-17 Westaway, R. 2012 A numerical modelling

technique that can account for alternations of uplift and subsidence revealed by Late Cainozoic fluvial sequences.

Geomorphology, Vol. 165-166, pp. 124-143.

Mantle

Rheology

7 D1208-38 Rutter, N.,

Coronato, A. Helmens, K., Rabassa, J., Zarate, M.

2012 Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the last glacial maximum.

Springer Book, Book ad North and South America, Canada, USA

Geomorphology

8 D1208-03 Shchulina, E.V.,

Golovin, N.N., Malkovets, V.G., Pokhilenko, N.P.

2012 Mineralogy and equilibrium P-T estimates for peridotite assemblages from the V Grib kimberlite pipe (Arkangelsk kimberlite province).

Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 444, 2, pp. 776-781.

Russia, Arkangel

Deposit - Grib

9 D1208-34 Camara,

F.,Sokolova, E., Hawthorne, F.C.

2012 Kazanskyite, Ba Ti Nb Na3 Ti (Si207) 202 (OH) 2 (H20)4, a group

Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 76, 3, pp. 473-492.

Russia, Kola Peninsula

Alkaline rocks




III Ti disilicate mineral from the Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: description and crystal structure.

1 D1208-01 Guarino, V., Wu,

F-Y., Lustrino, M., Melluso, L. Brotzu, P., De Barros Gomes, C., Ruberti, E., Tassarini, C.C.G., Svisero, D.P.

2012 U Pb ages, Sr Nd isotope geochemistry, and petrogenesis of kimberlites, kamafugites and phlogopite picrites of the Alto Paranaiba Igneous Province, Brazil.

Chemical Geology, in press available 57p.

South America, Brazil

Geochronology

2 D1208-20 Almor, Y., 2012 Who's afraid

ofirradiated diamonds?

Hayahalom, No. 207, pp. 157-

Technology

Diamond - irradiation

3 D1208-06 Armstrong, L.S.,

Walter, M.J. 2012 Tetragonal almandine

pyrope phase ( TAPP): retrograde Mg-perovskite from subducted oceanic crust?


Technology

Perovskite

4 D1208-14 Eaton-Magana,

S., D'Haenens-Johansson, U.F.S.,

2012 Recent advances in CVD synthetic diamond quality.


Technology

Synthetic diamonds

5 D1208-13 GIA Lab 2012 CVD synthetic

diamonds identified in Hong Kong laboratory.

G&G eBrief, Vol. 3, 10, July 10, 1/4p.

Technology

Synthetic diamonds

6 D1208-05 Howell, D., 2012 Strain induced

birefringence in natural diamond: a review.


Technology

Diamond

7 D1208-04 Howell, D.,

Wood, I.G., Nestola, F., Nimis, P., Nasdala, L.

2012 Inclusions under remnant pressure in diamond: a multi-technique approach.


Technology

Diamond inclusions

8 D1208-11 Nadolinny, V.A.,

Yuryeva. O.P., Rakhmanova, M.I., Shatsky, V.S., Palyanov, Y.N., Kupriyanov, I.N., Zedgenizov, D.A., Ragozin, A.L.

2012 Distribution of OK1, N3 and NU1 defects in diamond crystals of different habits.


Technology

Diamond morphology

9




D1208-07 Nestola, F., Merli, M., Nimis, P., Parisatto, M., Kopylova, M., DE Stefano, A., Longo, M., Ziberna, L., Manghnani, M.

2012 In situ analysis of garnet inclusion in diamond using single crystal X-ray diffraction and X-ray micro-tomography.


Technology

Tomography

1 D1208-10 Princivalle, F.,

Martignago, F., Nestola, F., Dal Negro, A.

2012 Kinetics of cation ordering in synthetic Mg(Al,Fe3+2O4 spinels.


Technology

2 D1208-43 Rainer, t.,

Davidson, P. 2012 The application of

Raman spectroscopy in the study of fluid and melt inclusions.

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften, Vol. 163, 2, pp. 113-126.

Technology

Graphite, diamond

3 D1208-18 Samson, I. 2012 The geochemistry of

fluid mediated processes in the formtion of rare element deposits in silicic alkaline systems.

Gordon Research Centre Conference July 15-20, Abstract

Technology

Alkaline rocks

4 D1208-39 Stonechicky 2012 Will industrial diamonds

go extinct?

Stonechicky, 1/4p. Technology

Industrial diamond

5 D1208-19 Wall, F. 2012 Carbonatite related rare

earth deposits. Gordon Research Centre Conference July 15-20, Abstract

Technology

Carbonatite

6 D1208-15 Wang, W.,

D'Haenens-Johansson, U.F.S., Johnson, P., Soe Moe, K., Emerson, E., Newton, M., Moses, T.M.

2012 CVD synthetic diamodns from Gemesis Corp.


Technology

Gemesis

7 D1208-27 Harvey, J.,

Yoshikawa, M., Hammond, S.J., Burton, K.W.

2012 Deciphering the trace element characteristics in Kilbourne Hole peridotite xenoliths: melt-rock interaction and metasomatism beneath the Rio Grande rift, SW USA.


USA

Xenoliths

8

Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service Diamonds Newsletter - Aug 2012

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

Page 1 (Industry News) © Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service and The University of British Columbia. Printed in Canada.

1 D1208-44 Afri-Can Marine

Minerals Corporation

2012 Afri-Can to consolidate shares and close financing.

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation, July 3, 1p.

Africa, Namibia

News item - press release

2 D1208-45 Allafrica.com

2012 Angola: Endiama, partners sign U.S. 50 million diamond exploration accord. Sitramal, Saccir, Solaris…. Project Cacuala

Allafrica.com, July 25, 1/4p.

Africa, Angola

News item - Endiama


2012 Zimbabwe: transparency on diamond revenue will improve civil servants' welfare.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - MDC


2012 Artisan miners get exploration permit. Lunda Sul


Africa, Angola

News item - legal


2012 Zimbabwe: High court wants Canadile financial records.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Canadile


2012 Community mining project slammed as vote buying.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange


2012 Zimbabwe: remove lid on diamond sales. Chiadzwa


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal


2012 Namdeb - turning challenges into opportunities.

Allafrica.com, July 4, 1p. Africa, Namibia

News item - Namdeb

9 D1208-52 Botswana

Diamonds plc.

2012 Views on global diamond market. Graphs

Botswana Diamonds plc., July 17, 3p.

Global


10 D1208-53 Botswana

Diamonds plc.

2012 First diamond recovered in Cameroon exploration. Libongo

Botswana Diamonds plc., July 25, 1/4p.

Africa, Cameroon


11 D1208-54 Centaurus

Diamond Technologies Inc.

2012 Centaurus Diamond Technologies Inc. "Cultured" diamonds verified as indistinguishable from diamonds produced in nature.

Centaurus Diamond Technologies Inc., July 12, 1/2p.

Global


12 D1208-55 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Namakwa cuts guidance on lower

Creamers Mining Weekly, August 1, 1/4p.

Africa, Lesotho

News item - Namakwa




output from Lesotho. Kao

1 D1208-56 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 India's royalty revision delayed.

Creamers Mining Weekly, July 10, 1p.

India

News item - legal

2 D1208-57 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Rockwell adjusts Tirisano mine plan, to start retrenchments.



News item - Rockwell

3 D1208-58 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Mining charter provides South Africa with competitive advantage - Cutifani.



News item - legal

4 D1208-59 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Lucara completes second auction, undeterred by soft demand.

Creamers Mining Weekly, July 17, 1/2p.

Africa, Botswana

News item - Lucara

5 D1208-60 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Congo unrest threatens push to curb conflict minerals trade.


Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo

News item - legal

6 D1208-61 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 De Beers 'ready to go' on Venetia expansion.



News item - De Beers

7 D1208-62 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Anglo iron, coal and copper output up, while platinum and diamonds fall.


Global

News item - Anglo

8 D1208-63 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 DiamondCorp moves forward on IDC loan. Lace



News item - DiamondCorp

9 D1208-64 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Firestone Diamonds says latest tender results 'encouraging'. Liqhobong


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Firestone


Mining Weekly

2012 DRC should apply mining code efficiently, consistently - Bristow.



News item - legal


Mining Weekly

2012 Harry Winston in talks with Rio on Diavik mine


Canada,

News item - Harry Winston




- report. Northwest Territories

1 D1208-67 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Tanzania tells mining companies to pay 30% corporate tax.


Africa, Tanzania

News item - legal

2 D1208-68 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Karowe mine, Botswana - brief overview


Africa, Botswana

News item - Lucara

3 D1208-69 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Gem Diamonds reviews capex plans for Lesotho, Botswana projects Kholo and Ghaghoo


Africa, Lesotho, Botswana

News item - Gem Diamonds

4 D1208-70 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Anglo notches up De Beers stake to 85%, as Botswana opts out.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Anglo

5 D1208-71 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 IFC loan to help Petra expand Finsch mine.



News item - Petra

6 D1208-72 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Global mining drives 45% - plus of world GDP. Comments from Cutifani * not specific to diamonds.


Global

News item - economics

7 D1208-73 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Anglo American wins final approval for De Beers stake


Global


8 D1208-74 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Resource nationalism now a bigger risk than a year ago - E & Y.


Global

News item - risk

9 D1208-75 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Leviev wins London court battle over Angola diamonds.

Creamers Mining Weekly, June 29, 1p.

Africa, Angola

News item - Leviev

10 D1208-76 Debut

Diamonds Inc.

2012 Debut Diamonds acquires Keystone claims for Nakina project.

Debut Diamonds Inc., July 24, 1p.

Canada, Ontario


11 D1208-77 Diamond

Investing News

2012 Diamond market softens, rough price remain firm.

Diamond Investing News, July 19, 2p.

Global

News item - prices

12 D1208-78 Diamonds.net

2012 Rio Tinto, BHP rank high for corporate transparency.

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

Global

News item - Rio Tinto, BHP

13




D1208-79 Diamonds.net

2012 Rockwell Diamonds' loss grows to $ 3 m.





2012 Witness vindicates Core mining executive.

Diamonds.net, July 13, 1p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal


2012 The world's leading diamond hub.


Global

News item - trading centers


2012 Shear Diamonds delivers second Jericho parcel to Tache.


Canada, Nunavut

News item - Shear


2012 Lemon successfully completes first tender on its online solution. Auction


Technology

News item - Lemon


2012 Lucara's second Karowe tender nets $ 7 m.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Lucara


2012 Rio Tinto's 2 Q diamond production +3% Argyle, Diavik


Canada, Northwest Territories, Australia

News item - Rio Tinto


2012 Harry Winston estimates rough prices fell 8% in 2Q.


Global



2012 Alrosa observes market slowdown.


Russia

News item - Alrosa


2012 Biti scales back Zimbabwe budget after huge diamond shortfall.

Diamonds.net, July 18, 1/2p

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal


2012 BHP Billiton's diamond production -28% Full year production declines by 29 % to 1.8 million carats. Ekati



News item - BHP


2012 Chow Tai Fook's providional 1 Q sales + 16%


China

News item - Chow Tai Fook


2012 Kennady Diamonds reports first new kimberlite.


Canada, Northwest

News item - Kennady




Territories


2012 Pressure mounts on KP Vice Chair to investigate Zimbabwe abuses.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - KP


2012 De Beers: positive consumer demand growth and strong long term fundamentals despite challenging trading conditions.


Global



2012 De Beers profits, sales slump in 1H.


Global



2012 Namakwa Diamonds tender nets $ 4 m.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Namakwa


2012 MDC urges civil servants not to protest Biti for diamond revenue shortfall.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Biti


2012 USPTO grants trademark 'The World's most carefully selected diamonds'.


Global

News item - De Beers Centenary


2012 Endiama signs $ 50 Million exploration deal.


Africa, Angola

News item - Endiama


2012 Moody's raises Alrosa's ratings outlook.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

9 D1208-100

Diamonds.net

2012 Lower diamond production.


Global

News item - production

10 D1208-101

Diamonds.net

2012 Diamond era leaves scarred earth and a ghost town. Koingnaas




11 D1208-102

Diamonds.net

2012 Mountain Province increases volume estimate of Tuzo kimberlite.



News item - Mountain Province

12 D1208-103

Diamonds.net

2012 Zimbabwe diamond forum postponed.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - diamond forum




1 D1208-104

Diamonds.net

2012 India's wealthy consumers continue to spend despite weak economy.

Diamonds.net, July 3, 1p. India


2 D1208-105

Diamonds.net

2012 Catoca lowers revenue forecast 20%.


Africa, Angola

News item - Catoca

3 D1208-106

Diamonds.net

2012 WDC reiterates support for expanded definition of conflict.


Global

News item - WDC

4 D1208-107

Diamonds.net

2012 Kennady Diamonds intersects kimberlite at Kelvin Lake.



News item - Kennady

5 D1208-108

Diamonds.net

2012 Gem Diamonds reviews Letseng expansion due to weak market, sales -22% as prices -30%


Africa, Lesotho, Botswana


6 D1208-109

Diamonds.net

2012 Diggers risk death to chase riches in South Africa.



News item - legal

7 D1208-110

Diamonds.net

2012 Global rough production reaches a plateau.


Global


8 D1208-111

Diamonds.net

2012 Anjin suspends 1,500 on strike. Marange


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin

9 D1208-112

Diamonds.net

2012 Global diamond production + 26% to $ 14 B in 2011


Global


10 D1208-113

Diamonds.net

2012 Anglo American to increase share in De Beers to 85% by close of Sept.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Anglo

11 D1208-114

Diamonds.net

2012 Sierra Leone renews Stellar Diamonds'Tongo lease.


Africa, Sierra Leone

News item - Stellar

12 D1208-115

Diamonds.net

2012 Petra Diamonds' revenue +44 % in FY12.



News item - Petra

13




D1208-116

Diamonds.net

2012 Alrosa sells $ 40 m in diamonds at June auction.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

1 D1208-117

Diamonds.net

2012 Rio Tinto highlights commitment to its diamond project in India. Bunder

Diamonds.net, July 5, 1p. India


2 D1208-118

Diamonds.net

2012 Botswana's diamond exports -36% in May.


Africa, Botswana

News item - exports

3 D1208-119

Diamonds.net

2012 Guinea mine fetches $ 2 m at Antwerp rough tender. Guiter


Africa, Guinea

News item - Fusion

4 D1208-120

Diamonds.net

2012 Drilling commences at Kennady North diamond project.



News item - Kennady

5 D1208-121

Diamonds.net

2012 Mugabe to creat Marange-Zimunya community share ownership.

Diamonds.net, June 29, 1/2p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

6 D1208-122

Diamonds.net

2012 Namdeb misses production target but profit plan intact.

Diamonds.net, June 29, 1p.

Africa, Namibia

News item - Namdeb

7 D1208-123

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.

2012 2012 mid year socio economic highlights.

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., July 1p.



8 D1208-124

Dolat Ventures Inc.

2012 Dolat Ventures looks to add additional 125 acres of diamond mining leases in Sierra Leone.

Dolat Ventures Inc., July 12, 1p.



9 D1208-125

Dolat Ventures Inc.

2012 Dolat Ventures to initiate resource expansion drilling at Baimbawai Pool on the Sewa River project, Sierra Leone.




10 D1208-126

Dolat Ventures Inc.

2012 Dolat Ventures plans to expand into bulk sampling of the Sewa River known as the Baimbawai Pool located in the Tinkonto Chiefdom in the







southern part of Sierra Leone.

1 D1208-127

Eubusiness

2012 EU offers to help Zimbabwe clean up diamond sector.

Eubusines.com, June 30, 1p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

2 D1208-128

Financial Times

2012 Harry Winston seen near Rio Tinto diamond mine deal. Diavik

Financial Times, July 26, 1/4p.



3 D1208-129

Firestone Diamonds plc.

2012 Trading update, results of diamond tender and board appointments. Liqhobong

Firestone Diamonds plc., July 25, 5p.

Africa, Lesotho


4 D1208-130

Gem Diamonds Ltd.

2012 2012 revised resource and reserve statement. Letseng, Ellendale, Ghaghoo

Gem Diamonds Ltd., July 25, 2p.

Africa, Lesotho, Australia


5 D1208-131

Gem Diamonds Ltd.

2012 Resource and reserve statement.. Letseng, Elendale

Gem Diamonds Ltd., July 28, 1p.



6 D1208-132

Goldenwest Diamond Corporation

2012 Goldenwest Diamond Corp acquiring interest in Israeli diamond company. EZ Diamonds

Goldenwest Diamond Corporation, July 23, 1p.

Europe, Israel


7 D1208-133

Idex Online

2012 New diamond chief executive at Rio Tinto. Alan Davies.

Idex Online, July 12, 1/4p.

Global


8 D1208-134

Idex Online

2012 Alrosa sells 80% of goods at first auction of +10 ct diamonds in New York.

Idex Online, July 12, 1p. Russia

News item - Alrosa

9 D1208-135

Idex Online

2012 No need to be martyrs, stand up for your (price) rights.

Idex Online, July 12, 2p. Global

News item - prices

10 D1208-136

Idex Online

2012 Indian industry forms committee to fight illicit trade in lab made goods.

Idex Online, July 14, 2p. India

News item - GJEPC

11 D1208-137

Idex Online

2012 Rio Tinto is first miner to achieve RJC certification.

Idex Online, July 15, 1p, Canada, India, Zimbabwe


12




D1208-138

Idex Online

2012 Thomson McKinnon is a bad example. (Diamond Investment Trust)


News item - prices

1 D1208-139

Idex Online

2012 Kao rough tender achieves average of $ 286. per carat.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Namakwa

2 D1208-140

Idex Online

2012 Gem raises Letseng per carat estimate by 5% to $ 2,839.


Africa, Lesotho


3 D1208-141

Idex Online

2012 It's a matter of taste…. Vision.. Future with taste!


News item - diamond industry economics

4 D1208-142

Idex Online

2012 Rio Tinto releases Bunder Project Sustainability Development Report.

Idex Online, July 5, 1/4p. India


5 D1208-143

Idex Online

2012 Breaking the concrete floor…. Online poll with regard to external economics.



6 D1208-144

Lucara Diamond Corporation

2012 Karowe mine update. Lucara Diamond Corporation, July 16, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


7 D1208-145

Macaunews

2012 Angolan mining company Mineira de Catoca produces 10.5 million carats of diamonds per year.

Macaunews, July 27, 1/4p.

Africa, Angola

News item - Catoca

8 D1208-146

Miineweb

2012 Rough prices "out of kilter" as diamond sector staggers.

Mineweb.com, July , 1p. Global

News item - prices

9 D1208-147

Mineweb

2012 De Beers H1 earnings halved; sees tough H2 ahead.

Mineweb.com, July 20, 1/4p.

Global


10 D1208-148

Mineweb

2012 Shaft deepening contracts awarded at Cullinan diamond mine.

Mineweb.com, July 26, 1p.


News item - Petra

11 D1208-149

Mining.com

2012 Zimbabwe's teachers want their salary in diamonds.

Mining.com, July 10, 1/2p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

12 D1208-150

Mining.com

2012 Serendipity Diamonds re-launches amidst diamond jubilee celebrations.


Global

News item - Serendipity




1 D1208-151

Mining.com

2012 The day the Oppenheimers said goodbye to De Beers July 6, 2012.

Mining.com, July 11, 1p. Global


2 D1208-152

Mining.com

2012 If you think Congo is unstable now watch what happens when you throw oil into the mix.

Mining.com, July 16, 1p. Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo

News item - legal

3 D1208-153

Mining.com

2012 Zimbabwe announces complete nationalization of country's diamonds.

Mining.com, July 23, 1p. Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

4 D1208-154

Mining.com

2012 Zimbabwe strike cripples diamond operations of military backed Chinese firm. Anjin

Mining.com, July 24, 1p. Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin

5 D1208-155

Mining.com

2012 Namakwa Diamonds poised for next stage with new CEO and Kao mine progressing.

Mining.com, July 3, 1/4p. Africa, Lesotho

News item - Namakwa

6 D1208-156

Mining.com

2012 Israel's polished diamond sales collapse in first half of 2012.

Mining.com, July 3, 1/8p. Europe, Israel

News item - sales

7 D1208-157

Mining.com

2012 De Beers Canada releases 2011 year in review.

Mining.com, July 3, 1p. Canada, Northwest Territories,Ontario


8 D1208-158

Mining.com

2012 Zimbabwe diamond company ups wages to end strike. Anjin Marange


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin

9 D1208-159

Mining.com

2012 King of diamonds' Leviev wins court dispute over Angolan assets.

Mining.com, June 29, 1/2p.

Africa, Angola

News item - Leviev

10 D1208-160

Miningmx

2012 Botswana may pass on $ 1.26 bn De Beers pre-emptive to buy shares in De Beers.

Miningmx.com, July 13, 2p.

Africa, Botswana


11 D1208-161

Miningmx

2012 Rockwell sets about Trisano restructuring.







1 D1208-162

Miningmx

2012 De Beers defers June rough diamond sales 50pc.


Global


2 D1208-163

Miningmx

2012 Cash strapped cutters embrace De Beers offer.


Global, India

News item - DTC

3 D1208-164

Miningmx

2012 Botswana passes on $ 1.26 bn De Beers rights.


Africa, Botswana


4 D1208-165

Miningmx

2012 Nationalism is dead, until next time.



News item - legal

5 D1208-166

Miningmx

2012 Petra to cast net wide for 'fissure mine' buyers.

Miningmx.com, July, 31, 1p.


News item - Petra

6 D1208-167

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.

2012 Mountain Province Diamonds announces 78.5% increase in Tuzo kimberlite volume.

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., July 3, 2p.



7 D1208-168

Namakwa Diamonds Ltd.

2012 Water pipeline completed. Storm Mountain Kao mine

Namakwa Diamonds Ltd., July 20, 1p.

Africa, Lesotho


8 D1208-169

National Post

2012 In Attawapiskat, poverty and politics persist. Band regains some control over finances.

National Post,, July 17, 1p.

Canada, Ontario, Attawapiskat

News item - Victor

9 D1208-170

National Post

2012 Palace displays 10,000 regal diamonds.

National Post,, June 29, 1/4p.

Europe, United Kingdom

News item - Diamond Jubilee

10 D1208-171

Obtala Resources Ltd.

2012 Operational update … Paragon

Obtala Resources Ltd., July 25, 2p.

Africa, Lesotho


11 D1208-172

Reuters

2012 Octea ( Koidu) targets 2 million carats by 2018.

Octea, July 20, 1p. Africa, Sierra Leone


12 D1208-173

Olivut Resources Ltd.

2012 Provides exploration update HOAM

Olivut Resources Ltd., July 18, 1p.



13




D1208-174

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.

2012 Peregrine announces discovery of 60th. Kimberlite and provides Chidliak project update.

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd., July 24, 2p.

Canada, Nunavut, Baffin Island


1 D1208-175

Petra Diamonds Limited

2012 Proposed sale of fissure mines.

Petra Diamonds Limited, July 31, 2p.



2 D1208-176


2012 Trading update for the year ended 30 June 2012. Expenditures, capex, discussions.




3 D1208-177


2012 New IFC revolving credit facility of US $ 25 million




4 D1208-178

Polishedprices

2012 Botswana May diamond exports jump 48% by value.

Polishedprices.com, July 13, 1p.

Africa, Botswana

News item - prices

5 D1208-179

Polishedprices

2012 Zimbabwe lowers growth forecast as diamond revenue disappoints.


Global

News item - prices

6 D1208-180

Polishedprices

2012 Suashish closes Botswana jewllery plant - report.


Africa, Botswana

News item - Suashish

7 D1208-181

Polishedprices

2012 Botswana prepares for 1st independent tender.


Africa, Botswana

News item - DTC

8 D1208-182

Polishedprices

2012 Russia cut Q1 export volumes, lifted revenues.

Polishedprices.com, June 30, 1/4p.

Russia

News item - prices

9 D1208-183

Kilalea, D.

2012 Mountain Province Diamonds - counting down to a new diamond mine.

RBC Capital Markets Equity Research, Ju;y 16, 7p.


News item - Mountain Province

10 D1208-184

Kilalea, D.

2012 Gem Diamonds - weak prices weigh on H1.

RBC Capital Markets Equity Research, July 30, 6p.



11 D1208-185

Kilalea, D.

2012 Petra Diamonds - looking good into the year end.

RBC Capital Markets Equity Research, July 31, 6p.


News item - Petra

12




D1208-186

Reuters

2012 De Beers settles class action suit. De Beers checks are in the mail.

Reuters, July 14, 1/2p. USA


1 D1208-187

Reuters

2012 Botswana diamond mine collapses, one trapped. Jwaneng ( pit slide)

Reuters, June 30, 1/2p. Africa, Botswana

News item - Jwaneng

2 D1208-188

Rio Tinto

2012 Bunder - social responsibility.

Rio Tinto, June 40p. India

News item - history

3 D1208-189

Rockwell Diamonds Inc.

2012 Rockwell's announces results for first quarter fiscal 2012 and plans to tdeliver on growth strategy.

Rockwell Diamonds Inc., July 12, 5p.



4 D1208-190

Scio Diamond Technology Corporation

2012 Scio Diamond - muli year/multi million dollar sales contract.

Scio Diamond Technology Corporation, July 24, 1p.

USA, South Carolina


5 D1208-191

Shear Diamonds Ltd.

2012 Shear provides processing update and announces new CFO. Jericho

Shear Diamonds Ltd., July 16, 1p.

Canada, Nunavut


6 D1208-192

Shore Gold Inc.

2012 Shore Gold waiting on financial partner. Star-Orion

Shore Gold Inc., July 20, 2p.

Canada, Sasaktchewan

News item - Shore Gold

7 D1208-193

Stellar Diamonds plc.

2012 Tongo licence renewed in Sierra Leone.

Stellar Diamonds plc., July 31, 2p.



8 D1208-194

Stellar Diamonds plc.

2012 Resource expansion drilling at Tongo kimberlite project, Sierra Leone.

Stellar Diamonds plc., July 5, 3p.



9 D1208-195

Stornoway Diamond Corporation

2012 Stornoway to commence bulk sampling of Renard 65 kimberlite.

Stornoway Diamond Corporation, July 23, 2p.

Canada, Quebec


10 D1208-196


2012 Stornoway provides update on Renard powerline study.


Canada, Quebec


11 D1208-197


2012 Stornoway signs partnership accord with Chibougamau and Chapais.


Canada, Quebec





1 D1208-198

Sweetwater Resources Inc.

2012 A growing demand for industrial diamond.

Sweetwater Resources Inc., July 5, 1p.

Global


2 D1208-199

Talmora Diamond Inc.

2012 Talmora Diamond issues options for directors and officers and annual general meeting. Lena West

Talmora Diamond Inc., July 3, 1p.



3 D1208-200

Talmora Diamond Inc.

2012 Talmora Diamond announces equity financing to raise up to $ 500,000. Lena West

Talmora Diamond Inc., July 5, 1p.



4 D1208-201

The Times of India

2012 De Beers gets a taste of India. Surat

The Times of India, July 26, 1p.

India

News item - Surat

5 D1208-202

The Times of India

2012 DTC offers option to defer goods to its sightholders. Surat

The Times of India, June 30, 1/2p.

India

News item - DTC

6 D1208-203

Venus Metals Corporation

2012 Exploration highlights - brief 2 paragraphs on Argyle Smoke Creek alluvial project.

Venus Metals Corporation, July 26, 1p.

Australia


7 D1208-204

Businesslive

2012 A Russian mining company has found diamond deposits on the farm confiscated from exiled MDC treasurer Roy Bennett. Charleswood Estates …

www.businesslive.co.za, June 23, 1p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - DTZ-OZGEO

8 D1208-205

The Independent

2012 Congo probe into mining companies disappearing tax payments.

www.independent.co.uk, July 21, 1p.


News item - legal

9 D1208-206

The Israeli Diamond Industry

2012 Zimbabwean policeman jailed in death of diamond miner.

www.israelidiamond.co.il, July 10, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

10 D1208-207


2012 Gold and diamond bra worth a million dollars.


Technology

News item - jewelry

11 D1208-208


2012 Talmora Diamond looks to raise $ 500,000.



News item - Talmora




1 D1208-209


2012 Large pink diamond goes on display in Australia. Argyle Pink.


Australia

News item - diamond notable

2 D1208-210


2012 Never say never fine jewellery trends in the U.S. market.

www.israelidiamond.co.il, July 12, 3p.

USA

News item - markets

3 D1208-211


2012 DCC board authorizes diamond sale.


Global

News item - Diamond Circle Capital

4 D1208-212


2012 Swaziland ministers wary of conflict diamonds.


Africa, Swaziland

News item - KP

5 D1208-213


2012 Ghana urges Africa to embrace diamond beneficiation.


Africa, Ghana

News item - legal

6 D1208-214


2012 Namibia considering new diamond mining taxes.


Africa, Namibia

News item - legal

7 D1208-215


2012 Ekati mine produces 29% fewer diamonds in H1.



News item - Ekati

8 D1208-216


2012 Protest pushes diamond miner to leave Guyana.


South America, Guyana

News item - Bosai

9 D1208-217


2012 Color treatments in diamonds.


Technology

News item - natural diamonds

10 D1208-218


2012 Zimbabwe diamond company files for liquidation. Limpopo Mineral Resources ( River Ranch)


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - River Ranch

11 D1208-219


2012 De Beers to mine diamonds underground at Venetia.







1 D1208-220


2012 Diamond miner looks to enter aviation. Anjin


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin

2 D1208-221


2012 DTC sight sells less than $ 400 million in diamonds.


Global

News item - DTC

3 D1208-222


2012 De Beers eyes India in top 3 of diamond markets.


India


4 D1208-223


2012 Firestone satisfied with recent diamond tender.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Firestone

5 D1208-224


2012 Kimberley Process warns of KP forgeries from Cameroon.


Africa, Cameroon

News item - KP

6 D1208-225


2012 Rio may sell Diavik diamond shares to Harry Winston.



News item - Rio, Harry Winston

7 D1208-226


2012 Zimbabwe negotiates to buy private diamond mine. River Ranch


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - ZMDC

8 D1208-227


2012 Eu to Zimbabwe we can help inspect diamonds.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - European Union

9 D1208-228


2012 Leviev sacks all workers at Namibia diamond plant.


Africa, Namibia

News item - Leviev

10 D1208-229


2012 Alrosa, Russian feds agree on diamond rules.


Russia

News item - legal

11 D1208-230


2012 Zimbabwe spurns diamond transparency demands.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal, KP

12 D1208-231

The Israeli Diamond

2012 Catoca diamond mine reduces expectations.


Africa, Angola

News item - Catoca




Industry

1 D1208-232


2012 Gem reevaluates global diamond holdings.


Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Australia


2 D1208-233


2012 Alrosa's annual sales up 55% in 2011.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

3 D1208-234


2012 Diamond mining in Angola to see more profits.


Africa, Angola

News item - Endiama

4 D1208-235


2012 Company site adds panoramic videos of diamonds.


Technology

News item - Rothem Group

5 D1208-236


2012 Leading the industry to the crash of 2012.


Global

News item - overview economics

6 D1208-237


2012 Botswana's rough exports revived though still lags behind 2011.


Africa, Botswana

News item - exports

7 D1208-238


2012 Angola to allow small scale diamond mining.


Africa, Angola

News item - Endiama

8 D1208-239


2012 Guyana halts new diamond mining over pollution.


South America, Guyana

News item - legal

9 D1208-240


2012 Botswana preparing for independent diamond tenders.


Africa, Botswana

News item - DTC

10 D1208-241


2012 Siberia said to hold 617 million carats of diamonds.

www.israelidiamond.co.il, May 23, 1/4p.

Russia, Siberia

News item - Krasnoyarsk

11 D1208-242

Moyo, J.

2012 Murky world of Marange mining firms.

www.mg.co.za, July 6, 3p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Anjin, Mbada

12




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Rough-polished

2012 Tolpezhnikov, head of analysis, Alrosa: slowdown with hope pinned on improvement in second half of 2012.

www.rough-polished.com, July 19, 2p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

1 D1208-244

Rough-polished

2012 Zim 2012 diamond output revised upwards despite poor revenue.

www.rough-polished.com, July 20, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange

2 D1208-245

Rough-polished

2012 Alrosa increased diamond output by 8 % in 1H 2012.

www.rough-polished.com, July 23, 1/2p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

3 D1208-246

The Standard

2012 Govt okays total control of diamond mines: Biti

www.Standard.co.zw, July 21, 1p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Biti

4 D1208-247

Xinhua

2012 Botswana diamond mine worker found dead after mine collapses.

Xinhua, July 1, 1/2p. Africa, Botswana

News item - Jwaneng

5 D1208-248

Yahoo Finance

2012 Senior gemologist/gem hunter Elisha Ralph Morgan talks diamonds.

Yahoo Finance, July 12, 1/8p.

Global


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Yahoo Finance

2012 Shoppers go for creative freedom with loose diamonds.

Yahoo Finance, July 23, 1p.

Technology

News item - King of Jewelry

7 D1208-250

ZMDC

2012 ZMDC seeks River Ranch takeover. Mujuru, Limpopo Mineral Resources, Rani Investments

ZMDC, July 25, 1p. Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - ZMDC

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Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service Conference Calendar 2012 and beyond

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The following list is a ‘heads-up’ for conferences, workshops and events relevant to the mineral exploration industry coming up in 2012 and beyond.

2012

August

Aug 25-26 2012

LatAm Mine Water Conference 2012 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

http://fleminggulf.com/mining/latam-mine-water-conference!e120

Aug 27-30 2012

Senior Exploration Management Course Littleton, United States

http://www.segweb.org/Apps/login.aspx?page=/custom/eventsredirect.aspx?eventcode=12RSEGWMS

Aug 30 – Sep 1 2012

Mining Exploration Convention & Trade Show Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI)

Bangalore, India

http://www.fedmin.com/online/general.php?eventid=21

September Sep 3-4 2012

2nd

Annual Drill and Blast Asia 2012 Jakarta, Indonesia

http://drillandblastasia.com

Sep 4-5 2012

Mine Site Security 2012 Perth, WA, Australia

http://www.mine-site-security.com.au/Event.aspx?id=748312&mac=21506.001FL

Sep 10-12 2012

ENERMIN 2012 - 2nd International Seminar on Energy Management in the Mining Industry

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

www.enermin2012.com

Sep 11-12 2012

Madini Africa - Investment in Mineral Beneficiation Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.madiniafrica.com

Sep 12-13 2012

Infocast's Water Management for Mining Denver, Colorado

http://www.infocastinc.com/mining

Sep 17-19 2012

Underground Coal Operations Brisbane, QLD, Australia

http://www.undergroundcoal.com

Sep 19-22 2012

XXXI Curso Latinoamericano de Metalogenia Lima, Peru www.lima2012.com

Sep 23-26 2012

SEG 2012 Conference Lima, Peru

http://www.segweb.org/activities/PeruConferenceFlyer_9-20.pdf

Sep 24-26 2012

MINExpo 2012 INTERNATIONAL Las Vegas, NV www.minexpo.com

Sep 25-27 2012

Mine Project Feasibility 2012 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

http://www.mineprojectfeasibility.com

Sep 26-28 2012

Structural Geology and Resources Kalgoorlie, Australia

www.aig.org.au

Sep 27-28 2012 NEW

Toronto Resource Investment Conference Toronto, Canada

http://cambridgehouse.com/event/toronto-resource-investment-conference

Sep 29 – Oct 4 2012

International Mine Water Association (IMWA) Bunbury, Australia

http://www.imwa2012.info

Sep 30 2012

COM 2012 Niagara Falls, Ontario

http://www.cim.org/com2012

Sep 30-Oct 5 2012

46th Brazilian Geological Congress Sao Paulo, Brazil

46cbg.com.br

October

Oct 1-4 2012 20th Bolivian Geological Congress ("Golden Jubilee") La Paz, Bolivia www.cgb.org.bo

Oct 10-12 2012

International Mineral Processing Symposium 2012 Bodrum, Turkey http://imps2012.org

http://fleminggulf.com/mining/latam-mine-water-conference%21e120

http://fleminggulf.com/mining/latam-mine-water-conference%21e120



http://drillandblastasia.com/




http://www.enermin2012.com/

http://www.madiniafrica.com/

http://www.infocastinc.com/mining

http://www.undergroundcoal.com/

http://www.lima2012.com/

http://www.minexpo.com/

http://www.mineprojectfeasibility.com/

http://www.aig.org.au/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=94:structural-geology-and-resources-2012&Itemid=145



http://www.imwa2012.info/

http://www.cim.org/com2012

http://www.46cbg.com.br/

http://www.cgb.org.bo/

http://imps2012.org/


Oct 15-17 2012 NEW

Mines and Money Australia Sydney, Australia

http://www.minesandmoney.com/australia/

Oct 15-18 2012 NEW

Earth Modelling 2012 Montreal, Quebec

http://www.mirageoscience.com/Events.php

Oct 16-18 2012

iPAD DRC 2012 Kinshasa, Zaire http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com

Oct 17-19 2012

3rd International Congress on Automation in the Mining Industry, AUTOMINING 2012

Viña del Mar, Chile

http://www.automining2012.com

Oct 18 2012 World Gold Mining Forum Toronto, Canada

http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com

Oct 23-25 2012

Katanga Mining Briefing Lubumbashi, Zaire

http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com

Oct 25-26 2012 NEW

The Silver Summit Spokane, USA http://www.cambridgehouse.com/

Oct 26 2012 2nd

World Iron Ore Forum Toronto, Canada

http://www.worldironoreforum.com/toronto

Oct 29-30 2012 NEW

Geology Matters 2012 Halifax, Canada http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/oh/index.asp

November Nov 1-3 2012 NEW

Mineral Resources Review 2012 St.John’s, Canada

www.nr.gov.nl.ca/NR/mines

Nov 4-6 2012 NEW

Exploration, Mining and Petroleum New Brunswick 2012 Fredericton, Canada

http://www.gnb.ca/0078/minerals/Exmin_Home-e.aspx

Nov 4-7 2012

2012 GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition Charlotte, USA www.geosociety.org/meetings/2012/

Nov 7-9 2012

2nd International Seminar on Human Capital Management in Mining, HRMINING 2012

Santiago, Chile http://www.hrmining2012.com

Nov 7-9 2012

Process Mineralogy ‘12 Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.min-eng.com/processmineralogy12/index.html

Nov 9 2012 World Gold Mining Forum Toronto, Canada

http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com

Nov 12-13 2012

Precious Metals ‘12 Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.min-eng.com/preciousmetals12/index.html

Nov 12-14 2012

Australian Resources Conference 2012 Perth, Australia http://www.arc2012.com.au

Nov 14-15 2012

Processing of Nickel Ores and Concentrates '12 Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.min-eng.com/nickelprocessing12/index.html

Nov 15-17 2012 NEW

Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention Winnipeg, Canada

www.manitoba.ca/iem/mrd/minerals/convention

Nov 26-29 2012 NEW

Quebec Mines 2012 Quebec City, Canada

http://quebecmines.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca

Nov 28-30 2012

Twenty First International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection

Delhi, India http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/2012_brochure.html

December

Dec 3-7 2012 NEW

Northwest Mining Association Annual Meeting, Exposition & Short Courses

Spokane, USA http://www.nwma.org/

Dec 3, 2012 6th Annual Investing in African Mining London, UK www.mineafrica.com

Dec 4 – 5 2012

Mines and Money London London, UK http://minesandmoney.com

Dec 5-7 2012

2nd International Conference in Geometallurgy, GEOMET 2012 Santiago, Chile http://www.geomet2012.com

Dec 6-8 2012

Promin 2012 Burkina Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

www.mines.gov.bf

Dec 10-12 2012

Ninth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Mineral & Process Industries

Melbourne, Australia

http://www.cfd.com.au/cfdconf/

2013

January

http://www.minesandmoney.com/australia/

http://www.mirageoscience.com/Events.php

http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com/

http://www.automining2012.com/

http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com/

http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com/

http://www.cambridgehouse.com/

http://www.worldironoreforum.com/toronto

http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/oh/index.asp

http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/NR/mines



http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2012/

http://www.hrmining2012.com/



http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com/



http://www.arc2012.com.au/



http://www.manitoba.ca/iem/mrd/minerals/convention

http://www.manitoba.ca/iem/mrd/minerals/convention

http://quebecmines.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/

http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/2012_brochure.html

http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/2012_brochure.html

http://www.nwma.org/

http://www.mineafrica.com/

http://minesandmoney.com/

http://www.geomet2012.com/

http://www.mines.gov.bf/

http://www.cfd.com.au/cfdconf/


Jan 2-4 2013

36th Annual Winter Meeting of the MDSG Leicester, UK www.le.ac.uk/gl/mdsg2013

Jan 13-19 2013 NEW

Ore Deposits Models and Exploration Guangzhou, China

https://www.segweb.org/pdf/events/2013/13ODME.pdf

Jan 28-31 2013

Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference Vancouver , BC http://www.amebc.ca/Home.aspx

February

Feb 26-28 2013 NEW

IX CIS Congress of the Mineral Processing Engineers Moscow, Russia

www.minproc.ru

March

Mar 3 - 6 2013

PDAC 2013 Toronto, Canada

http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/index.aspx

Mar 12-13 2013

Asia Mining Congress 2013 Singapore http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/asia-mining/

May

May 22- 24 2013

Winnipeg 2013: Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada

Winnipeg, MB www.gacmacwinnipeg2013.ca

June

Jun 2-5 2013 NEW

2013 EGRU Conference: FUTORES Townsville, Australia

https://www.segweb.org/pdf/events/2013/13FUTORES.pdf

September

Sep 24-27 2013

Whistler 2013: Geoscience for Discovery Whistler, Canada

www.seg2013.org

http://www.le.ac.uk/gl/mdsg2013

http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/events/event-details.aspx?id=46845

http://www.minproc.ru/

http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/asia-mining/

http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/asia-mining/

http://www.gacmacwinnipeg2013.ca/

http://www.seg2013.org/

Documents

Diamonds, Kimberlites, and Related Geology … Kimberlites, and Related Geology August 2012 ... Vani, T. “New data in the ... Angola.” Tectonophysics,