Speaking of the diamond industry, it’s been 130 years since a man named De Beers established the world’s largest diamond mining company, and as the oldest diamond mining company, they are always looking for new sources of diamonds.
Since the discovery of diamonds by mankind, we know that more than 30 countries around the globe are already rich in diamond resources and that the annual production of these countries is around 100 million carats. There are many famous diamond mines in these countries, so let’s take a look at them together!
(Listed in descending order of estimated reserves)
No. 10: Botuobinskaya
Control: ALROSA (Arosa)
Estimated reserves: 70 million carats
The Botuobinskaya open pit diamond mine is located in Russia and looks like a crater that has been struck by a meteor. The mine is located in the Yakutia region of Russia, which is rich in one of the world’s largest unprocessed rough diamond deposits, a diamond that has not yet been named.
The mine is located in the Yakutia region of Russia and has estimated reserves of 70 million carats. The mine began production in the fourth quarter of 2015 and plans to produce about 1.5 million carats of diamonds annually for the next 40 years.
No. 9: Jwaneng (Javanian)
Control: Debswana (jointly owned by DeBeers and the Botswana government)
Estimated reserves: 88 million carats
Jwaneng (Jwanian) mine is the world’s richest diamond mine by diamond value, known as “the Prince of Mines” (mining prince), ore resources located in south-central Botswana, mining from 1982, 2010 began to expand production, the expected Life The estimated life expectancy is 2025.
No. 8: Grib
Control: Lukoil, Russia
Estimated reserves: 98 million carats
Located in northwestern Russia, this mine began production in June 2013 and is the first primary mine to produce more than 1 million carats per year. The existing open pit will enter underground mining after 16 years.
No. 7: Venetia
Control: Lukoil, Russia
Estimated reserves: 102 million carats
This mine is located in Limpopo, South Africa and has estimated reserves of 102 million carats. The mine has a total of 12 kimberlite cylinders and produces around 3 million carats of diamonds per year, both from open pits and underground mining.
No. 6: Catoca (Catoca)
Control: Multinational partnership (Angola’s Endiama 32.8%, Russia’s ALROSA 32.8%, China and Angolan oil company Sonangol 18% each, Brazil’s Odebrecht 16.4%)
Estimated reserves: 130 million carats
The mine is located in Lunda Sul province, produced in the Precambrian substratum, later covered by Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, with well-preserved rock tube structure, and at a dip depth of 600 meters are volcanic tract rocks with diverse and abundant inclusions, diorite, garnets, calcite, carbonate, gneiss, hornblende, shale and sandstone, which are typical of volcanic phase rocks. The mine is the largest diamond mine in Angola, producing 70 percent of the country’s total diamonds.
The Catoca diamond mine, located in the kimberlite barrel, is the fourth largest in the world and is operated by Endiama of Angola, Alrosa of Russia, Odebrecht of Brazil and Diamond Finance CY BV Group.
No. 5: Argyle (Argyle)
Control: RioTinto (Rio Tinto)
Estimated reserves: 140 million carats
Located in northwest Australia, this mine has been in production since 1983 and has a maximum annual production of 20 million carats of diamonds. The mine has now shifted from open pit to underground mining and has an expected life expectancy until 2020.
No. 4: Mir (Mir)
Control: ALROSA (Arosa)
Estimated reserves: 1.41 carats
This mine is located in the Yakutia region of Russia and has estimated reserves of 141 million carats. Discovered in 1955, the mine ended open pit mining in 2004 and moved underground in 2009, continuing to produce high-quality rough diamonds with an annual production of 1 million carats in 2014.
The Mir diamond mine is owned by Alrosa and mining in the open pit ended in 2004, Alrosa then built a series of underground tunnels to continue producing high quality natural diamonds.
No. 3: Orapa (Orapa)
Control: Debswana (jointly owned by DeBeers and the Botswana government)
Estimated reserves: 150 million carats
The Orapa diamond mine is the largest in the world, located in central Botswana, with the 9th largest diamond reserves in the world. It has been in production since 1971 and is currently mined to a depth of 250 meters and is expected to reach 450 meters in 2026. This mine is owned by Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the Government of Botswana. Mined from 1971 until today, it is the oldest of the four diamond mines controlled by Debswana.
Bozwana, a landlocked country in southern Africa, is Home to the world’s largest diamond mine, Orapa, which is estimated to hold 150 million carats of diamonds and is worth approximately $1 trillion at $7,000 per carat.
No. 2: Udachny
Control: ALROSA (Arosa)
Estimated reserves: 152 million carats
Located in the Yakutia region of Russia, this mine was discovered in 1955 and is the world’s deepest open-pit diamond mine, producing 10 million carats of diamonds annually.
No. 1: Jubilee
Control: ALROSA (Arosa)
Estimated reserves: 153 million carats
The Jubilee mine is part of the diamond miner Alrosa, this mine, also known as Yubileinaya, came into production in 1989 and is one of the largest diamond mines in the world in terms of area.
The mine is the richest diamond mine in the world and the open pit is currently mined to a depth of 320 meters and is expected to reach a maximum depth of 729 meters. Annual production of rough diamonds exceeds 10 million carats.
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