Karowe diamond plant

Aerial images of the UG expansion project area Credit: Lucara
UNDERGROUND

Lucara Diamond reports underground shaft progress

Karowe UGP is planned to extend the mine life to at least 2040

22 February 2023

 The company extended Karowe’s licence by five years in January, to 2046.
UNDERGROUND

Lucaras secures US$220M to take Karowe underground

The underground expansion programme has an estimated capital cost of $514 million

24 March 2021

XRT sorters mean there is no need to further process the concentrate before final hand sorting
MANAGEMENT

Lucara adds more XRT tech at Karowe

Lucara has added another XRT technology line to process finer-size fractions at its operation in Botswana

25 August 2016

The upgraded Karowe diamond plant with X-ray sorting technology and larger-particle recovery has outperformed for owner
PROCESSING

Lucara plant delivers sparkling performance

Recovery circuit design showed foresight which has been vindicated

08 December 2015

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