pA survey of diamond mine employees has found that recreational opportunities, closeness to family and friends and cost of living are all key factors when they are thinking about moving to or from the Northwest Territories.br /
Released today, the 2009 NWT Survey of Mining Employees was produced by the NWT Bureau of Statistics on behalf [...]
Canada
2009 Northwest Territories Survey of Diamond Mining Employees Finds Recreational Opportunities, Family Closeness and Cost of Living Key Factors
Africa
Rio Tinto Diamond Operations Incure Losses of $68 Million in 2009; Saw Earnings of $137 Million in 2008
Rio Tinto Diamonds’ diamonds operations incurred a loss of $68 million in 2009, compared with earnings of $137 million in 2008. Lower prices and lower volumes as a result of the global economic slowdown were the main cause. Measures were taken to redress this performance including shutdowns at Argyle and Diavik to balance production with [...]
Company News
Clark McEwen Appointed as Marketing Manager of Rio Tinto Diamonds as Patick Coppens Becomes Rio Tinto Diamonds Sales Manager
Rio Tinto, one of the world’s leading diamond companies, is reorganising its Antwerp-based sales and marketing management team.
Integral to this reorganisation is the appointment of Clark McEwen to the position of Marketing Manager, reporting to Jean-Marc Lieberherr, Rio Tinto Diamonds General Manager, Sales and Marketing. Clark will be based in Antwerp, effective March 1. Clark [...]
Canada
Peregrine Commencing 50 Tonne CH-1 Mini-Bulk Sample Processing for Diamonds
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. has announced that the microdiamond results for the last four kimberlites, CH-13 through CH-16, discovered in 2009 on the 980,000 hectare Chidliak Project on Baffin Island, Nunavut, have now been received and three of the four kimberlites were found to be diamondiferous. In addition, processing to recover commercial-sized diamonds from the 50 [...]
Canada
Diavik Diamond Mine Flight Changes Enhance Northwest Territories Residency
In support of its continuing commitment to employ northerners, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (DDMI), operator of the Diavik Diamond Mine, has made changes in relation to community flight pick up points. We have recently added Fort Simpson as a local community pick up point. Our other community pick up points include of Wekweti, Gameti, Wha [...]
Canada
Diavik Selected as One of Canada’s Top 100 Employers
Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (DDMI), operator of the Diavik Diamond Mine, has been selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2010.
“This national recognition reflects our strong commitment to workplace excellence and is an endorsement our entire workforce can share and be very proud of,” said Kim Truter, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. President and [...]
Canada
Sufficient Improvement in Diamond Market to Cancel Diavik Winter Shutdown
Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. has deciced to cancel a winter production shutdown at the Diavik mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Earlier this year, Diavik had announced a series of actions in response to changes in market conditions, including plans for a summer and winter production shutdown. The summer shutdown was safely and successfully concluded [...]
Australia
Rio Tinto’s Diamond Business Celebrates 20 Years in India
Rio Tinto’s diamond business is set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Mumbai office, with a tribute to past, present and future partnerships.
Senior management from Rio Tinto’s diamond business reflected on the groundbreaking partnership that started in 1985 when the first influx of diamonds began from the Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia.
According to Mr [...]
Africa
Eira Thomas Joins Lucara Diamond Board
Ms. Eira Thomas has joined the Board of Directors of Lucara Diamond Corp. Ms. Thomas is a respected Canadian geologist who brings extensive experience to her role with Lucara. She served as a geologist with Aber Resources Ltd. (now Harry Winston Diamond Corporation) from 1992 to 1997, leading the field exploration team that discovered the [...]
Africa
Report: Value of Diamond Deals Down 73%
Metals Economics Group’s (MEG) recent Strategic Report points to a 73% decline in total acquisitions spending on diamonds—$210.5 million in 2008-09 compared with $760.2 million in 2007-08. A total of 19.7 million carats in resources changed hands in 2008-09, a 91% decrease from 208.4 million carats in 2007-08.
Diamond transactions of at least $1 million decreased [...]
Canada
Diavik Kimberlite Carved into Polar Bear Art Piece
A uniquely northern piece of art carved by fourth generation Inuit artist and Yellowknife resident Joe Jaw Ashoona was presented during the award of the US$1 million Rio Tinto Prize for Sustainability to US-based Trees, Water & People.
Ashoona carved a polar bear from kimberlite rock donated by Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., the Rio Tinto company [...]
Canada
Diavik Mine Rescue Team Wins Competition
Diavik’s mine rescue team has taken top honours at the 52nd annual Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission Mine Rescue Competition, making it the first overall win since the team began participating in 2003.
The mine rescue team won the underground event, competing against Ekati and Snap Lake diamond mines, and the surface event, competing against [...]
