【Minerals News】Putin announced that the annual mining output of a diamond mine in Russia could reach 2 million carats

On October 31st, Russian President Putin announced through video in the Kremlin that the Upper Muna diamond mining area was officially mined. According to the design, the annual mining output of the mining area can reach 2 million carats of diamonds.

Putin announced that the annual mining output of the Upper Muna Diamond Mine is 2 million carats

According to Russian Channel 1, Soviet geologists discovered the Upper Muna mining area as early as the 1950s, but due to the complex geological conditions, development has only begun now.

According to the design, the annual mining output of the Upper Muna mining area can reach 2 million carats of diamonds, making it the largest mining project in modern history. According to the report, diamond mining work will continue until 2042, and the Russian Ministry of Finance estimates that the profit will reach 180 billion rubles, equivalent to approximately 19.1 billion yuan.

Diamond processing is underway here, and the composition of the ore is carefully studied under a microscope.

Director of the final finishing workshop of the No. 12 beneficiation plant: It needs to be processed to the highest purity without any impurities.

In February 2018, Ivanov, the general manager of the "Eroza" diamond mining company, showed Putin two of the most expensive diamonds in the history of diamond mining in Russia and even the Soviet Union. One was a 28 carat pink diamond and the other was a yellow diamond. This level of colored diamond is usually auctioned at a high price at an auction. Putin joked, 'If you didn't tell me, I didn't know it was a diamond yet.'. Ivanov responded, 'Yes, it does look very like glass.'.