Tag: Vivien Hawkins Tulip Diamonds

Mountain Province: Gahcho Kué Produces 5.52 Million Carats in 2022

Mountain Province Diamonds has announced production and sales results for Q4 (ended December 31, 2022) and 2022 from the Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine.    According to Rough & Polished,during Q4, 1,621,800 carats were recovered. For the full year 2022, 5.52 million carats were recovered (less than the guidance of 5.60
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Rio Tinto Expects to Produce Less Diamonds than in Diavik in 2023

Rio Tinto, which owns 100% of the Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories in Canada, has lowered Diavik’s 2023 production forecast – from 4.5 to 5 million carats to 3 to 3.8 carats.   According to IDEX Online, Rio Tinto “gave no explanation for the lower forecast in its
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Guide to Indulgence: Treating Yourself to a “Bigger” Ring

When you start shopping for engagement rings, the number one concern most people have is the size of the center stone. While the average engagement ring purchase falls between one and two carats, there are those that go way above and beyond the norm. There’s going big or going home, and then there’s going bigger or going home.

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Alrosa Finds 2 Huge Diamonds at Udachnaya on the Same Day

Two large high-quality diamonds – each larger than 50 carats – were unearthed in Yakutia on December 2, 2022, Bankers Day, “when Russian bankers celebrated their professional holiday,” according to Rough & Polished.   The two stones were extracted at Processing Plant No. 12 from the ore mined at the
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Botswana Has the World’s Two Richest Diamond Mines

A new list by miningintelligence.com, quoted by IDEX Online, names the Jwaneng diamond mine, in Botswana, as the world’s richest diamond mine for the first three quarters of 2022. Jwaneng produced 10.3 million carats in 2022.   Orapa, also in Botswana, came second with 8 million carats. Both Jwaneng and
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