Some of the week's mining company stories in brief Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) said about US$380mln of rough diamonds were sold in De Beers Group’s fourth sales cycle of 2021, down about 16% from the preceding sale as a second wave of COVID-19 in India reduced rough diamond demand. Tharisa PLC (LON:THS), an integrated platinum and chrome producer, expects its earnings per share for the six months to end-March to be around six times higher than the corresponding interim period. Basic earnings per share and headline earnings per share (HEPS) are expected to be between 21 US cents and 22 US cents per share,