Diamonds: 7 of 20

 Alrosa plans to have an integrated service centre up and running from the end of 2020
TECHNOLOGY

Alrosa sees US$45M maintenance savings in digitalisation

Asset management digitalisation forecast to generate medium-term cost benefits.

03 July 2020

Alrosa's Verkhne-Munskoye diamond deposit
MANAGEMENT

Alrosa cuts output forecast by 17%

Diamond miner is cutting output forecast and temporarily closing another mine

03 June 2020

Sociedade Mineira de Catoca is responsible for the extraction of more than 75% of Angolan diamonds
COVID-19

Alrosa's Angola venture suffers COVID-19 closure

The pandemic has decimated demand for diamonds, according to the company.

22 May 2020

BlueRock has reached full operational capacity
COVID-19

BlueRock Diamonds focuses on cost-cutting

BlueRock is making changes to address the impact of COVID-19.

13 May 2020

The Aikhal underground mine was dug from the openpit
SURFACE MINING

Alrosa suspends low-margin diamond mines

The group expects an economic shock due to COVID-19 that will impact on demand.

06 May 2020

 Lucapa Diamond Company's Lulo diamond mine in Angola
COVID-19

Lucapa restarts operations at Lulo

Mining operations initially scaled to 50% of nameplate capacity.

01 May 2020

Alrosa's Jubilee open-pit mine
SURFACE

Alrosa implements efficiency project at Aikhal

Alrosa is gearing up to launch the Perfect Shift project at its Aikhal Division

17 February 2020

Tomra’s technology is in use at Lucara’s Karowe mine in Botswana; the latest high-quality recovery was a 549 carat white diamond
ENVIRONMENT

Tomra supports sustainable sorting

As miners face increasing environmental pressures, Tomra is seeking to address these challenges

11 February 2020

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