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diamanti scomparirà dal mercato entro il 2030.
LUCAPA EXTRACTS LARGE DIAMONDS FROM THE MINE OF ANGOLA
Mining.com reports that the Australian Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has extracted a 160-carat white type IIa diamond from its prolific mine of Lulo in Angola, the sixth largest rough stone recovered to date during the mining phases. The diamond was found in the same alluvial mining block of Lulo Rose, a 170-carat pink diamond, considered the largest of its kind to be found in Angola in 300 years. Lucapa has a 40% share in the Lulo mine, in which there are alluvial diamonds with the highest dollar price per carat in the world. The rest is held by the national diamond company of Angola (Endiama) and a private entity called Rosas & Petalas. The partners have mined 28 stones of more than 100 carats to date, including Lulo Rose, the fifth largest, regardless of colour, found in the mine.
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In 2016, mining operations produced the largest diamond ever recovered in Angola: a 404-carat white stone, later called “4th February Stone”. The CEO, Stephen Wetherall, declared to delegates, during a conference on 26 August last, that his company was investigating to discover the source of the large stones in Angola. “In eight years of ongoing mining activity, we have always recovered large size and irregular shaped diamonds, of high value. Dimensions and shape are important because they indicate closeness to the source”, said Wetherall in his presentation. Wetherall also declared that the fundamentals of the diamond market are strong and will remain so, as supply continues to fall. According to Lucapa, 177 million carats were produced in 2005, compared to just 116 million the previous year. In 2020, the closure of the iconic Argyle diamond mine of Rio Tinto, the main global source of high-quality pink diamonds over the last three decades,
and the imminent closure of the Canadian mines of Diavik and Ekati, will accentuate this trend, declared Wetherall. Lucapa estimates that because new mines are not being developed to compensate for the loss of production, 15% of global diamond supply will disappear from the market by 2030.
GIACIMENTI DI DIAMANTI IN KIRGHIZISTAN
Da quanto riferisce Azernews, il Direttore del Dipartimento dei metalli preziosi del Kirghizistan, Kanatbek Madumarov,
ha affermato che in Kirghizistan sono stati rinvenuti giacimenti
di diamanti. Madumarov, sottolineando il fatto che i giacimenti di diamanti sono difficili da raggiungere, dice che esperti del Kirghizistan sono impegnati nell'esplorazione geologica dei diamanti.
"Si lavora per entrare nel sistema di certificazione che consentirà l'esplorazione, l'estrazione e la lavorazione dei diamanti. Inoltre gli imprenditori kirghisi
potrebbero importare anche diamanti grezzi da altri Paesi e lavorarli in patria, qualora la legge lo consentisse.
Oggi questi problemi non si pongono", ha inoltre affermato.
DIAMOND DEPOSITS IN KYRGYZSTAN
Azernews reports that the Director of the Precious Metals Department of Kyrgyzstan, Kanatbek Madumarov, has declared that diamond deposits have been found in Kyrgyzstan. Madumarov, underlining the fact that the diamond deposits are difficult to reach, says that experts of Kyrgyzstan are engaged in the geological exploration of diamonds.
“We are working to enter the certification system which will allow to explore, mine and process the diamonds. Furthermore, Kyrgyz businessmen could also import rough diamonds from other Countries and process them at home, if the law allowed it.
These are not currently an issue”, he stated.
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