Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Alrosa announces the release of an underground mine "Mir" at full capacity. In late December, was produced one million tons of diamond ore. When such amounts can be field work for about 50 years.
"Mir" pipe for Russia - a landmark field. It is here in the middle of the last century began commercial production of diamonds. Since 2001, open cast mining was discontinued, but the work will continue - now on the construction of the mine. Implemented at the mine project "dry conservation" entered the world history of the mining industry: to prevent the ingress of water in underground workings - which is about 1200 cubic meters of highly mineralized brines per hour - at the bottom of the inactive quarry in 2004 laid a waterproof film, top otsypali drainage bag, close special tunnel established powerful pumps.
The first diamonds from the underground mine were received in 2009. Today, the mine "Mir" - a five aquifers; 800 people work enterprise. Diamonds on the "World" is now mined in elevations of -210 to -615 meters: it borders generating a first start-up complex. Mine output of the production capacity was the main event of the 2016 production for the company ALROSA. Now it will annually produce crystals for $ 400 million.
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De Beers said that in the final stage of negotiations for the sale of diamonds from the Namibian Government.
In a statement the company released on Tuesday, said that the negotiations were conducted during 2015 and now contracts with local sightholders were extended.
Last June, it was reported that the official Windhoek demanded to leave the country to cut 25-30% of diamonds mined by Namdeb, a joint venture between De Beers and the Namibian government.
The authorities have also demanded that the company provided to local cutters right to buy all types of diamond, including special stones without exception.
It is reported that preparations for the signing of the contract involved a team of experts.
The Namibian government also plans to find their own diamond markets outside the system established by De Beers, and has consulted with other countries engaged in the diamond industry, including with India.
Basically requirements Namibia coincide with the provisions of the agreement, which in 2011 signed the Botswana government and De Beers. Under this agreement, Botswana receives 10% of rough diamonds produced from Debswana.
Since then, this share has grown, and reached the final 15% this year.
At the same time, De Beers noted that the diamond sector problems in 2015 led to the closure of a number of diamond cutting enterprises.
"By the end of 2015 through the beneficiation system we have been supplying rough diamonds to 20 companies in Botswana 9 in Namibia, 8 - in South Africa and one -. In Canada In 2014, deliveries were carried out, respectively, 21, 13, 8 and 1, the company", - said the representative De Beers.
In 2015, the value of De Beers diamonds sold to local sightholders, was $ 825 million versus $ 1.56 billion a year earlier.
This was equivalent to 20% and 24% of the total De Beers sales in 2015 and 2014.
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