
The Ekati diamond mine is located in the Lac de Gras region of Northwest Territories in Canada. The operating depth at the open-pit mine currently exceeds 245m. The Catoca mine produced 7.65Mct of diamonds from approximately 11.42Mt of ore in 2016, which accounted for 75% of Angola’s total diamond output. The mine has been operational since 1993. The diamond mine is operated by Sociedade Mineira de Catoca, a joint venture of Angola’s state-owned diamond company Endiama, Alrosa, and China-based company Lev Leviev International. It is estimated to contain up to 130Mct of mineable diamonds. The Catoca diamond mine is an open-pit located near Saurimo, roughly 840km east of Luanda, Angola. Related Suppliers: Crushers, Breakers and Grinding Mills Mining activities under the project are expected to commence in January 2021 and will initially run for five years with a possibility to extend it until 2030. Mining is currently being undertaken at a depth of 250m and is expected to reach 450m by 2026.ĭebswana is currently conducting a detailed study to extend the mine life through a new open-pit named Cut 3. Producing since 1971, Orapa is the oldest of the four diamond mines operated by Debswana. The open-pit mine was estimated to contain 131.2Mct of proven and probable reserves as of December 2018. The Orapa diamond mine is located 240km west of Francistown, central Botswana. It is planned to be mined through open-pit methods with development scheduled for 2022. The Maiskoye kimberlite deposit lies 3km south of the Botuobinskaya pipe. Overburden removal at the mine commenced in 2014 and production started in 2015. The Botuobinskaya pipe lies 3km south of the Nyurbinskaya deposit. Mining operations at Nyurbinskaya were commenced in 2000. The Nyurbinskaya pipe is mined through open-pit methods with its current depth reaching 345m and designed depth being 750m. They together contained an estimated 132.75Mct of proven and probable reserves as of July 2018. The mine consists of three deposits, including Nyurbinskaya Pipe, Botuobinskaya Pipe and Maiskoye Kimberlite Body. It is owned by Alrosa and operated by the Nyurba mining and processing division. Nyurba is an open-pit mine located 200km northwest of Nyurba, Russia. Related Suppliers: Power Supply, Engines, Transmission and Drives The deposit was commissioned in October 2018 and the first gem-quality diamond was recovered from the Zapolarnaya pipe in November 2018.

The Verkhne-Munskoe deposit comprises five pipes including Zapolarnaya, Deimos, Novinka, Komsomolskaya-Magnitnaya, and Poiskovaya. The mine is currently operating at a depth of 110m and designed to reach 200m. The Zarnitsa Pipe is an open-pit mining operation that uses conventional truck and shovel equipment.

Longhole retreat stoping is currently being used at the mine to access the underground reserves. The open-pit operations at the Udachnaya pipe were commenced in 1971 and reserves were depleted by 2016. Introducing the Excellence Awards & Rankings 2022.Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying.
