The suspension of operations at the Point Lake site will see several hundred employees and contractors laid off.

Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. laid off “several hundred” workers after halting part of its Ekati operations in northern Canada, ...

Ekati’s Misery underground diamond mine, located roughly 2 km from Point Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories will continue ...

Some Ekati workers were reportedly instructed not to travel to the remote site in Canada’s Northwest Territories this week, ...

Burgundy Diamond Mines says it’s laid off some of its employees and contractors and has temporarily stopped open pit mining ...

Burgundy Diamond Mines has blamed weak prices for the layoffs at the Ekati mine in Canada’s Arctic Circle, which was acquired ...

Australian miner Burgundy Diamond Mines laid off several hundred employees and contractors and suspended operations at its Point Lake diamond mine in Canada due to record-low diamond prices, a company ...

It was taking Rio Tinto staff to the Diavik Diamond Mine, about 186 miles northeast of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The Air Force, Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded as ...

Canada's remote Arctic region, home to around 86,000 people, is facing the complete closure of all the diamond mines by 2030 and is looking for ways to keep mining alive.

Rio Tinto Plc , will build Canada's largest solar power plant to supply electricity to its Diavik Diamond Mine in Northwest Territories, the miner said on Thursday, as it looks to achieve net zero ...

A small plane carrying Rio Tinto workers to the company’s Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories has crashed shortly after takeoff, resulting in a number of fatalities ...

A 2,492-carat diamond was unearthed at Botswana's famed Karowe mine this week by Canada's Lucara Diamond, one of the largest stones ever. Lucara Diamond, in a news release Wednesday, said the ...