Deep in the Siberian wilderness sits the world’s largest diamond mine where conditions get so bad, work there has to stop for three months a year. The mine, located in Aykhal, Russia, and run by state ...

AGD Diamonds develops the V. Grib deposit in the Arkhangelsk region's Mezen district. Severalmaz part of Alrosa , develops the M.V. Lomonosov deposit in the Arkhangelsk region's Primorsk district. The ...

Previously, reserves of the precious metal at the Gornoye and Irelakh placer deposits, owned by the Mirny-Nyurba MPP, were approved in the amount of 433 kg. Currently, associated gold mining is ...

Russia dominated the diamond market in the 1970s with its abundant natural resources and its partnership with De Beers, which at the time was distributing most of the world’s diamonds. Perhaps this is ...

MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. Alrosa mined the largest gem-quality diamond in the history of the country, the Russian diamond miner said in a statement. An amber-colored crystal weighing 468.30 carats and ...

Russian state-owned diamond giant Alrosa has pulled out of projects amid low sales to foreign customers. Sales have plummeted to the lowest level in a decade, driving business profitability into the ...

In a R5,2-million contract with Alrosa diamond-mine project in Russia, Johannesburg-based company UV+IR Engineering will supply six infra-red dryers. Technical director Burt Nel reports that one of ...

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could revolutionize industry. The Siberian ...

Russia's largest military shipbuilding and diamond mining firms were targeted. Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation” into Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with troops crossing the ...

Botswana is seeking a greater interest in De Beers, and Angola is seeking an interest too. To the mind of diamond luminary ...