Video Description
Nature Series PBS,
Diamonds: The Pinks of Argyle.
Turning up every once in a million at Argyle, the largest diamond mine in the world, are diamonds of the most extraordinary color a bright, bold, beautiful pink. Nothing like them has been found anywhere else.
Source:
PBS.org.
Argyle Diamond Mine
The Argyle Diamond Mine is a diamond mine located in the East Kimberley region in the remote north of Western Australia. Argyle 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. It is the only known significant source of pink diamonds, producing over 90% of the world's supply. It additionally provides a large proportion of other naturally coloured
diamonds, including champagne, cognac
and rare blue diamonds. Argyle is
currently transitioning from an open pit
mine to an underground mine. Source:
Wikipedia, Argyle Diamond Mine
Argyle Pink Diamonds
The Argyle Diamond mine is the
world's primary source of rare pink
diamonds which attract on average, 20
times the price of an equivalent white
diamond. Rio Tinto operates a
stand-alone pink diamond business to
sell and market loose polished pink
diamonds from the Argyle mine.
The
Argyle Pink Diamonds business has its
headquarters in Perth, Western
Australia, also the location of its
state-of-the art cutting factory. The
Perth factory cuts and polishes the
finest pink diamonds from the Argyle
mine that are then sold via an exclusive
tender. Source:
ArgyleDiamonds.com.au
Rio Tinto
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. 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 Spanish government. Since then, the company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including
aluminum,
iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. Although primarily focused on
extraction of minerals, Rio Tinto also has significant operations in refining,
particularly for refining bauxite and iron ore.
Source:
Wikipedia,
Rio Tinto Group.
Open Pit Mining
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast mining, open-cut mining, and strip mining, refers to a method of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.
Source: Wikipedia:
Open pit mining.
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