De Beers Group has announced that GemFair, the company’s initiative to help formalise the artisanal and small-scale diamond mining (ASM) sector, has sold its first dedicated parcels of ethically sourced, traceable ASM diamonds in De Beers Group Auctions.
As part of their celebration of National Forest Week, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) announced the recipients of its annual Awards of Excellence program. The program, established in 2020, recognizes the outstanding men and women across Canada who have made exceptional contributions to the forest sector and to forestry communities.
After spending three nights trapped underground, all 39 employees at Vale’s Totten Mine finally returned to the surface – all 39, fortunately, escaping without injuries.