Worldwide diamond suppliers
Diamonds are available all over the world. Pioneer and centuries-old monopolist was India. Here, the stone found a long time before our era, reserves mine praised for ages. From everywhere, almost all the legendary diamonds.
Today, in the world, there are several main regions with the industrial scale of production. World Top Rating (%):
Russia - 22;
Australia - 20;
Botswana - 19;
Kango - 17;
Canada - 10.
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The area of stone location - Polar Kryp, Pyktyna Sakhapa, Latin America, Far East.
The regional diamond capital may become Caucasus - the stones of a jeweler quality are found on the territory of the World Health Center (Armenia).
Russia
The richest deposits are located in Yakutia (Republic of Saha), Apangelka region and Permkom kpae. Due to the value of the stone, the country only survives. But raw materials in Russia are better - 95% of the mined minerals are classified as a jeweler.
Africa.
More than half of the stone world can be found in Africa, in the south of the continent - Botswana, Kongo, YuAP. Climatic and geological conditions have made local raw materials cheap on the planet.
Botswana is the source of the most valuable African crystals, where deposits have been explored since the 1970s. Available up to 24.6 million CAPE ANNUALLY - the fifth part of the continental product.
The most recent jewels from the world from UAP. The country does not lose the top-sixth of the remaining diamond customers - up to 7.4 million. Kapat annually.
Namibia is fully operational.
The diamond regions of the south are opening up new potential leaders from the center of the continent.
The extractive countries of Africa are closely monitored by transnational corporations. Only in Angola (the fourth line of the world mining ranking), there are almost two of them.
Australia
The country-continent is pleased with the highest concentration of diamonds in kimberlitovyh tubes. From a ton of ore, a capital is removed to the family (the average world level is one capital), the poetry cost of local diamonds is not high.
The source of stones in Australia is the Kimberly region. Remarkable at the mine Apgil became 1998 year - recovered 44 mln. kapat brought mine to the world leaders in terms of volume of production. Only in Brazil, you can find beautiful stones, which, having become a diamond, will fall on elite auctions.
Canada
Camy is a young customer. Minerals-satellite tanks are located in the north of the country in the 1980s. After a decade, the summer begins to start mining (Lac de Grac).
Production of diamonds in Russia
Almost all diamond deposits of the country are found at a wide perennial permafrost, poetic mining is well-developed, complicated. However, the quantity and quality of the material removed is justified by the media.
History
The first diamonds in the Russian Empire were discovered in the 18th century, but they started to get there later. The plans for industrial development of riches of Siberia were formed in the North Soviet territory, by the 1930th year. Vladimir Sobolev proved that they are similar to the diamonds of Africa and Africa.
Investigating the work to stop the war, looking for continued after the victory. In 1949, one of the expeditions was found in Yakutia by a the stones-diamond, who, six years later, opened the first in the Kimberly Union. Her name was "Peace", and a short, nearby, taiga city was Peace.
By the beginning of the third millennium, Russia had taken the second place in a strict world rating of diamond suppliers. On the border of Yakutia and the Republic of Korea, the largest deposits on the diamonds deposit of the meteorite have been revealed.
The Peace Church
The diamond capital of Russia is the city of Peace (the west of Yakutia). It began as a summer residence for workers, after a few years of a large industrial center of the country. Today, 35 thousand people live, almost 30 thousand are in the diamond-mining sector. Place of work - career "Peace" - located in the city.
Its 1.5-kilometer depth holds the remaining turret, the length of the mine road is the size of kilometers. Open development has been completed; today we are getting diamonds from the winter mine. The remaining gigantic funnel has become a “visiting” city, visible from space.
Diamond Therapy
Yakutia is the main diamond region of the country (more than 90% of production). The richest deposits are concentrated in the south. The northern part of the country is in good condition, but there are also large raw sources. Tonna ore gives up to 8.51 capital of diamonds, which is more, than y Australian.
Outstanding Russian test- career:
“Peace” is a Legendary chandelier, most recently in the world;
“Anniversary” - cam oversized, 1280x740 m;
“Udachny” - potentially richest, resource to 120 million. carat;
Botoybinkaya - resource up to 70 mln. carat;
Location Griba in the Aphelangelo region - resource up to 100 million carats.
Diamond mining shafts work without fail, only the miner's day and New Year's Day.