There are a limited number of commercially viable
diamondIn mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is the second most stable form of carbon, after graphite; however, the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is...
minesMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt and potash...
currently operating in the world. Diamonds are also mined
alluviallyAlluvium is soil or sediments deposited by a river or other running water...
over disperse areas, where diamonds have been
erodedErosion is a gravity driven process that moves solids in the natural environment or their source and deposits them elsewhere...
out of the ground and deposited by water or weather action. There is also at least one example of a non-commercial diamond mine (Crater of Diamonds State Park).
- Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the...
- Catoca diamond mine
The Catoca diamond mine is the fourth largest diamond mine in the world, and is located in Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of international mining interests, including Endiama , Alrosa of Russia , Odebrecht of Brazil , and the Diamond Finance CY BV Group...
- Fucauma diamond mine
The Fucauma Diamond Mine is a diamond mine under construction in the Lunda Norte Province of Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 40 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 35 % ownership.A feasibility study was done, which...
- Luarica diamond mine
The Luarica diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 38 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 32 percent ownership....
- Botswana
The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" , regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
- Damtshaa diamond mine
The Damtshaa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 220 kilometers west of the city of Francistown. Damtshaa, meaning "water for a tortoise", is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana...
- Jwaneng diamond mine
The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world and is located in south-central Botswana about 120 kilometers west of the city of Gaborone, in the Naledi river valley of the Kalahari. Jwaneng, meaning "a place of small stones", is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De...
- Letlhakane diamond mine
The Letlhakane diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 190 kilometers west of the city of Francistown. Letlhakane, meaning "little reeds", is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana...
- Orapa diamond mine
The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine. The mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Boteti Sub-District of Botswana about 240 kilometers west of the city of Francistown. Orapa is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana...
- South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...
- Baken diamond mine
The Baken diamond mine is a diamond mine located along the lower Orange River in South Africa. The mine is owned and operated by Trans Hex. The central processing plant has been operational at Baken since 2001....
- Cullinan diamond mine
The Premier Mine is an underground diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds. It is situated in the town of Cullinan, 40 kilometres east of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Established in 1902, it was renamed the Cullinan Diamond Mine in November 2003 in celebration of its centenary...
(previously "Premier mine")
- Finsch diamond mine
The Finsch Mine is an underground diamond mine, located near Lime Acres, 160km northwest of Kimberley, is one of seven operations managed by De Beers Consolidated Mines , formed in July 2004....
- Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...
- Koffiefontein mine
Koffiefontein Mine is a diamond mine situated in the Free State province, about 80 km from Kimberley, South Africa. It is one of the many Kimberley mines of which Kimberley mine, de Beers mine, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein and Wesselton are its more famous neighbours.The mine was opened in 1870 and...
- The Oaks diamond mine
- Venetia diamond mine
The Venetia Diamond Mine is South Africa's largest producer of diamonds. It is situated close to the South African town of Alldays in the Limpopo province and is located within the 360 km² Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve....
- Macicaca (Madagascar
Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in the world, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are endemic to...
)
- Other African locations
- Kampangala diamond mine, Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country in Africa...
- Murowa diamond mine
The Murowa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in south central Zimbabwe, about 40 kilometres from Zvishavane. The mine is majority owned and operated by the Rio Tinto Group, which also owns the Argyle diamond mine in Australia and part of the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada...
, ZimbabweZimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers...
- Williamson diamond mine
The Williamson Diamond Mine is a famous diamond mine in Tanzania; it became well known as the first significant diamond mine outside of South Africa. The mine was established in 1940 by Dr...
, TanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in central East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.The United...
- Letseng diamond mine
The Letseng diamond mine, found in the landlocked Southern African water and mountain kingdom of Lesotho, is owned by Gem Diamonds, Ltd. and the government of Lesotho, and at an elevation of 3,100 m it is the world's highest diamond mine.- Production :It is characterised by extremely low...
, LesothoLesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave — entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over 30,000 km² in size with an estimated population of almost 1,800,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is the southernmost...
- Russia
Russia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- Aikhal GOK
- Anabar GOK
- Mirny GOK
Mir Mine also called Mirny Mine was an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is deep and has a diameter of , and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine...
- Nurba GOK
- Udachny GOK
Udachnaya pipe is a diamond deposit in the Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field in Sakha Republic, Russia. It is an open-pit mine, and is located just outside the Arctic circle at . Udachnaya was discovered on June 15, 1955, just two days after the discovery of the diamond pipe Mir by Soviet...
- India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
- Golkonda
Golkonda Urdu, a ruined city of south-central India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda ., is situated west of Hyderabad.The most important builder of Golkonda was Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali, the fourth Qutb king...
- Kollur Mine
The Kollur Mine in Guntur district of old Golkonda kingdom, India, was one of the most productive diamond mines in India and the first major diamond center. It operated between the sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. In addition to the Kollur Mine, the Paritala, Gollapally, Mallavally,...
- Panna
Panna can refer to:* Aam panna, an Indian drink made from mangoes* Panna, India, a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh* Panna , a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae...
- Kundai
- Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- Diavik Diamond Mine
The Diavik Diamond Mine is a diamond mine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, about north of Yellowknife.It has become an important part of the regional economy, employing 700, grossing C$100 million in sales, and producing 8 million carats of diamonds annually...
- Ekati Diamond Mine
The Ekati Diamond Mine is Canada's first diamond mine. It is located near Lac de Gras north-east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about south of the Arctic circle. Ekati is a joint venture between BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc...
- Jericho Diamond Mine
The Jericho Diamond Mine is a defunct diamond mine located in Canada's Nunavut territory. The mine is located about northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It was Canada's third diamond mine and Nunavut's first when it opened in 2006...
- Snap Lake Diamond Mine
The Snap Lake Diamond Mine is located about northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and, according to De Beers, was their first mine outside Africa and Canada's first completely underground diamond mine....
- Victor Diamond Mine Project
- Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
The Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
- Some of these diamond mines appear in Ice Road Truckers
Ice Road Truckers is a documentary-style reality television series that premiered on The History Channel on June 17, 2007....
.
- United States of America
- Crater of Diamonds State Park
- Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine
Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine is a defunct diamond mine in Colorado, USA. It is located in the State Line Kimberlite District, near the Wyoming border, and consists of eight kimberlite diatremes, of which two were open pit mined....
- Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
- Argyle diamond mine
The Argyle diamond mine is a diamond mine located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Argyle mine is the largest diamond producer in the world by volume, although due to the low proportion of gem-quality diamonds, is not the leader by value...
- Merlin diamond mine
The Merlin diamond mine is one of only three diamond mines in Australia. The mine is located in the Northern Territory of Australia, about 80 kilometres south of Borroloola...
- Locke diamond mine
- ALROSA
ZAO ALROSA , is Russia's largest diamond company. Alrosa is engaged in the exploration, mining, manufacture and sale of diamonds. The company's operations are located primarily in the Sakha Republic/Yakutsk region...
, operating mainly in Russia
- BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. It was created in 2001 by the merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the UK's Billiton, which had a Dutch and South African background. The result is a dual-listed company with head offices in Melbourne and London...
, 80% owner of the Ekati mine
- Camphor
Camphor is a waxy, white or transparent solid with a strong, aromatic odor. It is a terpenoid with the chemical formula C
10H
16O. It is found in wood of the camphor laurel , a large evergreen tree found in Asia and also of Dryobalanops aromatica, a giant of the Bornean forests...
, 4.9% owner of Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine ProjectThe Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
- De Beers
De Beers and the various companies within the De Beers Family of Companies engage in exploration for diamonds, diamond mining, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacture....
, owner of 20 mines in Africa, 70% owner of the Northwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada....
Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project, 100% owner of OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
's Victor Diamond Mine Project, 60% owner of the Northwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada....
' Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine ProjectThe Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
and participant in numerous joint ventureA joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise...
s worldwide
- Debswana
Debswana Diamond Company Ltd, or simply Debswana, is a giant mining company located in Botswana, and is the world's leading producer of diamonds by value. Debswana is a joint venture between the government of Botswana and the South African diamond company De Beers; each party owns 50 percent of...
, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Botswana
- Endiama
Endiama is the national diamond company of Angola and it is the exclusive concessionary of mining rights in the domain of diamonds. Arnaldo de Sousa Calado is the president of the corporation...
, the national diamond-mining company in Angola and exclusive concessionaire
- Harry Winston Diamond Corporation, 40% owner of the Diavik mine
- Mountain Province Diamonds, 35% owner of the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
The Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
- Namdeb, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Namibia (primarily recovers alluvially deposited diamonds)
- Petra Diamonds
Petra Diamonds Ltd. is a leading diamond mining group. It is headquartered in Jersey, and is the leading diamond producer listed on Alternative Investment Market, part of the London Stock Exchange. It operates in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Petra Diamonds' operations...
, operates in five African countries, mines include the CullinanThe Premier Mine is an underground diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds. It is situated in the town of Cullinan, 40 kilometres east of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Established in 1902, it was renamed the Cullinan Diamond Mine in November 2003 in celebration of its centenary...
, KoffiefonteinKoffiefontein Mine is a diamond mine situated in the Free State province, about 80 km from Kimberley, South Africa. It is one of the many Kimberley mines of which Kimberley mine, de Beers mine, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein and Wesselton are its more famous neighbours.The mine was opened in 1870 and...
and WilliamsonThe Williamson Diamond Mine is a famous diamond mine in Tanzania; it became well known as the first significant diamond mine outside of South Africa. The mine was established in 1940 by Dr...
mines, also the sole operator of the Alto Cuilo project in Angola.
- Rio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London, England and Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
, partial owner of Argyle, Diavik (60%), and Murowa diamond mines
- Tahera Diamond
Tahera Diamond Corporation is a Canadian diamond mining company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Tahera's Jericho Diamond Mine was Canada's third, and Nunavut's first, diamond mine....
, owner of the Jericho mine in Canada
- Trans Hex
- Bintangmandiri Perkasa Drill, PT.
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There are a limited number of commercially viable
diamondIn mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is the second most stable form of carbon, after graphite; however, the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is...
minesMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt and potash...
currently operating in the world. Diamonds are also mined
alluviallyAlluvium is soil or sediments deposited by a river or other running water...
over disperse areas, where diamonds have been
erodedErosion is a gravity driven process that moves solids in the natural environment or their source and deposits them elsewhere...
out of the ground and deposited by water or weather action. There is also at least one example of a non-commercial diamond mine (Crater of Diamonds State Park).
Africa
- Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the...
- Catoca diamond mine
The Catoca diamond mine is the fourth largest diamond mine in the world, and is located in Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of international mining interests, including Endiama , Alrosa of Russia , Odebrecht of Brazil , and the Diamond Finance CY BV Group...
- Fucauma diamond mine
The Fucauma Diamond Mine is a diamond mine under construction in the Lunda Norte Province of Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 40 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 35 % ownership.A feasibility study was done, which...
- Luarica diamond mine
The Luarica diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 38 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 32 percent ownership....
- Botswana
The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" , regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
- Damtshaa diamond mine
The Damtshaa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 220 kilometers west of the city of Francistown. Damtshaa, meaning "water for a tortoise", is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana...
- Jwaneng diamond mine
The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world and is located in south-central Botswana about 120 kilometers west of the city of Gaborone, in the Naledi river valley of the Kalahari. Jwaneng, meaning "a place of small stones", is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De...
- Letlhakane diamond mine
The Letlhakane diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 190 kilometers west of the city of Francistown. Letlhakane, meaning "little reeds", is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana...
- Orapa diamond mine
The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine. The mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Boteti Sub-District of Botswana about 240 kilometers west of the city of Francistown. Orapa is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana...
- South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...
- Baken diamond mine
The Baken diamond mine is a diamond mine located along the lower Orange River in South Africa. The mine is owned and operated by Trans Hex. The central processing plant has been operational at Baken since 2001....
- Cullinan diamond mine
The Premier Mine is an underground diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds. It is situated in the town of Cullinan, 40 kilometres east of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Established in 1902, it was renamed the Cullinan Diamond Mine in November 2003 in celebration of its centenary...
(previously "Premier mine")
- Finsch diamond mine
The Finsch Mine is an underground diamond mine, located near Lime Acres, 160km northwest of Kimberley, is one of seven operations managed by De Beers Consolidated Mines , formed in July 2004....
- Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...
- Koffiefontein mine
Koffiefontein Mine is a diamond mine situated in the Free State province, about 80 km from Kimberley, South Africa. It is one of the many Kimberley mines of which Kimberley mine, de Beers mine, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein and Wesselton are its more famous neighbours.The mine was opened in 1870 and...
- The Oaks diamond mine
- Venetia diamond mine
The Venetia Diamond Mine is South Africa's largest producer of diamonds. It is situated close to the South African town of Alldays in the Limpopo province and is located within the 360 km² Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve....
- Macicaca (Madagascar
Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in the world, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are endemic to...
)
- Other African locations
- Kampangala diamond mine, Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country in Africa...
- Murowa diamond mine
The Murowa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in south central Zimbabwe, about 40 kilometres from Zvishavane. The mine is majority owned and operated by the Rio Tinto Group, which also owns the Argyle diamond mine in Australia and part of the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada...
, ZimbabweZimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers...
- Williamson diamond mine
The Williamson Diamond Mine is a famous diamond mine in Tanzania; it became well known as the first significant diamond mine outside of South Africa. The mine was established in 1940 by Dr...
, TanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in central East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.The United...
- Letseng diamond mine
The Letseng diamond mine, found in the landlocked Southern African water and mountain kingdom of Lesotho, is owned by Gem Diamonds, Ltd. and the government of Lesotho, and at an elevation of 3,100 m it is the world's highest diamond mine.- Production :It is characterised by extremely low...
, LesothoLesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave — entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over 30,000 km² in size with an estimated population of almost 1,800,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is the southernmost...
Asia
- Russia
Russia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- Aikhal GOK
- Anabar GOK
- Mirny GOK
Mir Mine also called Mirny Mine was an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is deep and has a diameter of , and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine...
- Nurba GOK
- Udachny GOK
Udachnaya pipe is a diamond deposit in the Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field in Sakha Republic, Russia. It is an open-pit mine, and is located just outside the Arctic circle at . Udachnaya was discovered on June 15, 1955, just two days after the discovery of the diamond pipe Mir by Soviet...
- India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
- Golkonda
Golkonda Urdu, a ruined city of south-central India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda ., is situated west of Hyderabad.The most important builder of Golkonda was Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali, the fourth Qutb king...
- Kollur Mine
The Kollur Mine in Guntur district of old Golkonda kingdom, India, was one of the most productive diamond mines in India and the first major diamond center. It operated between the sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. In addition to the Kollur Mine, the Paritala, Gollapally, Mallavally,...
- Panna
Panna can refer to:* Aam panna, an Indian drink made from mangoes* Panna, India, a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh* Panna , a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae...
- Kundai
North America
- Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- Diavik Diamond Mine
The Diavik Diamond Mine is a diamond mine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, about north of Yellowknife.It has become an important part of the regional economy, employing 700, grossing C$100 million in sales, and producing 8 million carats of diamonds annually...
- Ekati Diamond Mine
The Ekati Diamond Mine is Canada's first diamond mine. It is located near Lac de Gras north-east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about south of the Arctic circle. Ekati is a joint venture between BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc...
- Jericho Diamond Mine
The Jericho Diamond Mine is a defunct diamond mine located in Canada's Nunavut territory. The mine is located about northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It was Canada's third diamond mine and Nunavut's first when it opened in 2006...
- Snap Lake Diamond Mine
The Snap Lake Diamond Mine is located about northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and, according to De Beers, was their first mine outside Africa and Canada's first completely underground diamond mine....
- Victor Diamond Mine Project
- Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
The Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
- Some of these diamond mines appear in Ice Road Truckers
Ice Road Truckers is a documentary-style reality television series that premiered on The History Channel on June 17, 2007....
.
- United States of America
- Crater of Diamonds State Park
- Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine
Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine is a defunct diamond mine in Colorado, USA. It is located in the State Line Kimberlite District, near the Wyoming border, and consists of eight kimberlite diatremes, of which two were open pit mined....
Oceania
- Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
- Argyle diamond mine
The Argyle diamond mine is a diamond mine located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Argyle mine is the largest diamond producer in the world by volume, although due to the low proportion of gem-quality diamonds, is not the leader by value...
- Merlin diamond mine
The Merlin diamond mine is one of only three diamond mines in Australia. The mine is located in the Northern Territory of Australia, about 80 kilometres south of Borroloola...
- Locke diamond mine
List of diamond mining companies
- ALROSA
ZAO ALROSA , is Russia's largest diamond company. Alrosa is engaged in the exploration, mining, manufacture and sale of diamonds. The company's operations are located primarily in the Sakha Republic/Yakutsk region...
, operating mainly in Russia
- BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. It was created in 2001 by the merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the UK's Billiton, which had a Dutch and South African background. The result is a dual-listed company with head offices in Melbourne and London...
, 80% owner of the Ekati mine
- Camphor
Camphor is a waxy, white or transparent solid with a strong, aromatic odor. It is a terpenoid with the chemical formula C
10H
16O. It is found in wood of the camphor laurel , a large evergreen tree found in Asia and also of Dryobalanops aromatica, a giant of the Bornean forests...
, 4.9% owner of Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine ProjectThe Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
- De Beers
De Beers and the various companies within the De Beers Family of Companies engage in exploration for diamonds, diamond mining, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacture....
, owner of 20 mines in Africa, 70% owner of the Northwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada....
Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project, 100% owner of OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
's Victor Diamond Mine Project, 60% owner of the Northwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada....
' Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine ProjectThe Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
and participant in numerous joint ventureA joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise...
s worldwide
- Debswana
Debswana Diamond Company Ltd, or simply Debswana, is a giant mining company located in Botswana, and is the world's leading producer of diamonds by value. Debswana is a joint venture between the government of Botswana and the South African diamond company De Beers; each party owns 50 percent of...
, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Botswana
- Endiama
Endiama is the national diamond company of Angola and it is the exclusive concessionary of mining rights in the domain of diamonds. Arnaldo de Sousa Calado is the president of the corporation...
, the national diamond-mining company in Angola and exclusive concessionaire
- Harry Winston Diamond Corporation, 40% owner of the Diavik mine
- Mountain Province Diamonds, 35% owner of the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
The Gahcho Kué Diamond Project is located on the Canadian tundra in the Northwest Territories. It is situated at Kennady Lake , in the Akaitcho Treaty 8 Territory AK claim block, which is southeast of the Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project and approximately east northeast of Yellowknife...
- Namdeb, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Namibia (primarily recovers alluvially deposited diamonds)
- Petra Diamonds
Petra Diamonds Ltd. is a leading diamond mining group. It is headquartered in Jersey, and is the leading diamond producer listed on Alternative Investment Market, part of the London Stock Exchange. It operates in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. Petra Diamonds' operations...
, operates in five African countries, mines include the CullinanThe Premier Mine is an underground diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds. It is situated in the town of Cullinan, 40 kilometres east of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Established in 1902, it was renamed the Cullinan Diamond Mine in November 2003 in celebration of its centenary...
, KoffiefonteinKoffiefontein Mine is a diamond mine situated in the Free State province, about 80 km from Kimberley, South Africa. It is one of the many Kimberley mines of which Kimberley mine, de Beers mine, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein and Wesselton are its more famous neighbours.The mine was opened in 1870 and...
and WilliamsonThe Williamson Diamond Mine is a famous diamond mine in Tanzania; it became well known as the first significant diamond mine outside of South Africa. The mine was established in 1940 by Dr...
mines, also the sole operator of the Alto Cuilo project in Angola.
- Rio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London, England and Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
, partial owner of Argyle, Diavik (60%), and Murowa diamond mines
- Tahera Diamond
Tahera Diamond Corporation is a Canadian diamond mining company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Tahera's Jericho Diamond Mine was Canada's third, and Nunavut's first, diamond mine....
, owner of the Jericho mine in Canada
- Trans Hex
- Bintangmandiri Perkasa Drill, PT. Indonesian Drill Mining