traded as jse rdi tsx rdi otc pink rdiaf industry mining headquarters vancouver canada key people james campbell ceo mark bristow chairman products rough high value diamonds website rockwelldiamonds.com rockwell diamonds is a mid tier diamond mining and development company . the company has an interest in producing and exploration alluvial diamond properties in southern africa . the stocks of the company trade on south african canadian and american exchanges . the company was recently in the news due to a hostile takeover bid that was attempted by pala investments holdings limited . 1 2 3 4 5 in april 2013 the firm sold its klipdam mine in south africa to a private diamond miner for r23 million . rockwell announced it would reinvest the money in the niewejaarskraal mine and into the growth of the company s footprint in the middle orange river region . 6 contents 1 company profile 2 properties and projects 3 takeover target 4 references 5 external links company profile edit rockwell is listed on the johannesburg stock exchange jse under the symbol rdi the tsx under the symbol rdi and the over the counter bulletin board and trades under the symbol rdiaf . properties and projects edit the company s mines are holpan klipdam property wouterspan property saxendrift & south bank middle orange river operations niewejaarskraal & south bank middle orange river operations all are producing mines with no exploration risk or costs attached to them . rockwell operates the holpan and klipdam mines north of kimberley and the saxendift mine on the middle orange river mor southwest of kimberley . the wouterspan mine also located on the mor is on care and maintenance . all of these operations are located in the northern cape province of south africa . 7 takeover target edit rockwell diamonds inc was in news in 2009 when switzerland based pala investments holdings limited made takeover bid on the company which was resisted by the minority directors of the company . 1 2 3 in may 2010 the financial times reported again that rockwell diamonds was a target for takeover . 8 references edit a b rockwell faces new pala attack brendan ryan thu 30 apr 2009 14 30 a b pala sets the record straight on rockwell in the face of minority directors flip flops 1 a b pala cuts rockwell holding board rep quits liezel hill 23 june 2009 http www.miningweekly.com article pala cuts rockwell holding board rep quits 2009 06 23 update 1 rockwell asks shareholders to reject pala offern mon 22 sep 2008 7 11 pm ist 2 thomson financial news brief rockwell diamonds withdraws pala bid 11.04.08 1 59 pm et 3 rockwell offloads klipdam to private buyer for r23m south africa mining weekly 2013 rockwell recovers 66 carat stone from holpan 124 and 145 carat stones from saxendrift and presents year to date diamond sales information hunt for new diamond capacity likely to lead to further consolidation in industry by paulina lichwa . published 10 may 2010 13 02 . 4 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rockwell diamonds & oldid 593961799 categories companies listed on the pink sheetscompanies listed on the toronto stock exchangediamond mining companiesmining companies of south africamining companies of canadahidden categories use british english from june 2011use dmy dates from june 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 february 2014 at 23 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view