Argyle's open pit diamond mine, which ceased operations in August 2013, produced more than 800 million carats of diamonds over its 28-year life. The Argyle diamonds continue at depth and an underground block cave mine has been developed as the safest and most economical way to reach
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The Argyle diamond mine is located in the East Kimberley area of Western Australia, some 100 km south of the town of Kununurra. The diamondiferous Argyle olivine-lamproite diatreme was discovered in August 1979. Production began in December 1985 at a planned throughput of 3 Mtpa to recover 25 million carats of diamonds. Presently, …
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A waste dump leaching air with little oxygen in it killed four people at an old mine in B.C. last May, the province's chief mine inspector said Monday. ... report into the incident, Fred Hermann ...
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Describes the extremely rare polished pink diamonds from Australia's Argyle mine that have been sold for 30 years through invitation-only tenders. ... Over the next 25 years, mining was carried out from a large open pit. In the early years of the 21st century, recognition of the finite economic lifetime of this open pit led to feasibility ...
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Almost the entire world's supply of rare pink, red and violet diamonds come from Rio Tinto's Argyle diamond mine which ceased production on 3 November, 2020. With 37 years of Argyle pink diamond production in global markets Rio Tinto made the decision to retain the Argyle Pink Diamonds™ brand and maintain its position as a pre-eminent ...
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Argyle Diamond Mine (Argyle) is a large open cut and underground mine in Northern Australia preparing for closure with the pit as a water management structure. Water quality will be pH 8-9, with solute concentrations increasing through evaporative concentration.
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The Argyle diamond mine was born from humble origins, with the first diamonds discovered by a group of geologists in the 1970's, before Rio Tinto began mining the deposit in 1983.
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The Argyle AK1 Pit has been operating and producing over 25 per cent of the world's diamonds by volume for over 20 years. The mining boom in Western Australia is creating upward cost pressures to Argyle's mining operation while the price received for its product remains flat in comparison to many other Western Australian commodities. This …
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The Argyle ore body, a single pipe known as AK1, was discovered in October 1979. Alluvial operations began in 1983, open pit …
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The following is a list of coal seams and their depths beneath the surface at Belgium Pit defined in a coal mining risk assessment report by Ian Greenfield in 2013: The Doxall Seam, 170 feet (51m) The Upper Five Coals, 220 feet (67m) ... The Hollybrook Brick Works in the 1920s showing the deep clay pit below Argyle Road, photo courtesy of ...
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The Argyle Mine's annual production peaks, with 42 million carats recovered; the Indo-Argyle Diamond Council is founded to increase international demand for Argyle products cut and polished in India ... Rio Tinto announces plans to convert the mine from open pit to underground, extending its projected life to 2020: 2010. 26th Tender. Shanghai ...
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The world-famous Argyle diamond mine, in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, was the dividend from a painstaking search for tiny mineral clues. Led by geologist Ewen Tyler, the search scrutinised 190,000 square kilometres of country, an area almost as large as Great Britain. In 1972, the searchers found their first diamond.
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More than 37 years of mining at Argyle came to an end on November 3, triggering at least five years of work to dismantle the tunnel supports, then reshape and …
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Argyle Diamond Mine Operations Wind Down. After 37 years of operations and having exhausted its economic reserves, the iconic Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia …
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Argyle Diamonds are pink diamonds mined in the Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia. The Argyle mine is one of the world's largest sources of natural diamonds, particularly of the pink variant. In this account, we tell you everything you need to know about Argyle Diamonds including their history, colours, rarity, value, and …
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In 1980, in the East Kimberley region of Western Australian, a major diamond-bearing lamproite source was found in the southern end of the Ragged Range. The Miners later named this site AK1 (Argyle Kimberlite No. 1). This place was also of particular significance to local Aboriginal people. It is one of the numerous resting places …
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The Argyle ore body, a single pipe known as AK1, was discovered in October 1979. Alluvial operations began in 1983, open pit mining began in 1985 and the mine became a fully underground operation in 2013.
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The 36-year evaluation history of the AK1 lamproite of the Argyle diamond mine (1980–2016) captures an important chapter in the development of di. Skip to Main Content. ... Considering the production history of the Argyle mine, the first year of open-pit mining (1986) produced more than 29 Mct, approximately 40% of that year's world ...
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The Argyle open-pit diamond mine, located in the Kimberley region in the far north east of Western Australia, is the world's largest single producer of diamonds. The region is remote, rugged and hot, with temperatures of over 40??C during the wet season from October to March. The discovery of the Argyle orebody marked the first time that a commercial …
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Argyle, the fourth biggest diamond-producing mine in the world by volume, averaging annual production of 8 million carats, saw its production peak in 1994, when 42 million carats were produced.. The mine also became the largest supplier of natural coloured diamonds: white, champagne, cognac, blue, violet, and the rare and highly …
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According to the criminal complaint, Armin and Jeremy Wand started a fire Friday at the home of Armin Wand at 402 Oak St. in the village of Argyle for the purpose of collecting life insurance ...
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The Argyle open-pit diamond mine, located in the Kimberley region in the far northeast of Western Australia, is the world's largest single producer of diamonds. …
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After 37 years of operations and having exhausted its economic reserves, the iconic Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia has celebrated its final day of mining. The Argyle orebody, a single pipe known as AK1, was discovered in October 1979. Alluvial operations began in 1983, open-pit mining began in 1985 and …
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The Argyle Diamond Mine Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) is the product of almost thee years of negotiation between Traditional Owners, the Kimberley Land Council and Argyle Diamonds. The ILUA provides the support of the Traditional Owners for Argyle's current and future mining operations, including the development of …
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Coal mines accounted for 42.1% of national PM10 air emissions from NPI sites. PM2.5 from coal mines accounted for 19.5% of the national total, metals for 12.1%, and nitrogen oxides for 10.1%. Coal mining occurred in 57 dierent post codes; the 20 coal-mining post codes with the highest PM10 emissions were home to 160,037 people.
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The Argyle diamond mine was an open pit until 2010, and operations went fully underground in 2013. (Supplied: Murray Rayner) ... Man dies in workplace incident after being trapped in silo.
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Argyle originally used open-pit techniques, reaching about 600 m deep at its deepest point. The open cut closed in 2010, and operations became fully underground in 2013 via block cave mining. Location. The Argyle diamond mine is located in the Kimberley region in the far northeast of the Australian state of Western Australia.
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The Argyle Diamond Mine Participation Agreement (the Argyle Agreement) is a registered Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) between Traditional Owners of the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, the Kimberley Land Council and Argyle Diamond Mine (Argyle Diamonds).2 The ILUA area covers 797.5 square kilometres and is located 100 ...
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East Kimberley, Western Australia. Our Argyle diamond mine, which sits on the traditional country of the Miriuwung, Gidja, Malgnin and Wularr people in Western Australia, became one of the world's largest producers of diamonds and the largest supplier of natural coloured diamonds – including white, champagne, cognac, blue, violet and the rare and …
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