Diavik reaches diamond milestone

Rio Tinto, the operator of the Diavik diamond mine in Canada, has produced 100 million carats of rough diamonds since the mine commenced in 2003

Aerial view of the Diavik diamond mine

18 May 2016
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Rio Tinto Diamonds, Salt and Uranium managing director, Simon Trott, said: “We are delighted to reach this milestone, and I am enormously proud of the teams who have helped make this happen safely and

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