Gem Diamonds reported that the volume of rock processing and operating costs for the entire 2016 will be revised due to the extreme weather conditions in the mountains Maluti region in Lesotho, where the diamond mine Letseng (Letšeng).
Heavy snowfall and winds have limited access to the mine.
At the same time, the company announced that the volume of diamond production in carats, is likely to suffer from the above-mentioned difficulties only slightly as a result of strong operating performance in the first half of 2016.
"After the damage to power lines in the draft emergency generators were installed to enable production to continue, although the rate of decline," - noted in a statement sent to Rough & Polished.
"Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) is currently producing repair damaged power lines external power supply project is expected to be restored in the near future.", - concluded in Gem Diamonds.
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