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Famous Diamond Mines
Currently
there are eleven major 'diamond producing' nations, and a host of
other counties with operational and/or historic alluvial, open pit,
and hard rock diamond mines. There are also several African nations
with ongoing off-shore dredging/vacuming operations.
These lists
also contains new project explorations, mining operator info, mining
industry inside news, links to satellite images of the mines (where
available), and any relevant geographic data.
Active Mines |
Inactive Mines | Future Exploration | Mining Companies
Africa
Angola
Catoca Diamond
Mine: Fourth largest diamond mine in world. Kimberlite pipe. map
Fucauma
Diamond Mine: Newly constructed. Owned by Endiama (40%) & Trans
Hex (35%).
Luarica
Diamond Mine: Owned by Endiama (38%) & Trans Hex (32%).
Luzamba
Diamond Mine: Angola's largest alluvial mine, Endiama (50%),
Odebrecht (50%). map
Botswana
Damtshaa
Diamond Mine: (water for a tortoise) New open pit mine. De Beers /
Botswana. map
Jwaneng
Diamond Mine: (place of small stones) richest mine in world. De Beers/Botswana.
map
Letlhakane
Diamond Mine: ("little reeds") second oldest of four - De
Beers / Botswana. map
Orapa Diamond
Mine: (resting place for lions) Largest/oldest of four - DeBeers/Botswana.
map
Congo (DROC or RDC)
Bakwanga Mine:
(aka Bushimaïe, Lubilash) Alluvial river mines in Kasaï.
MIBA. map
Forminière
Diamond Mine: Alluvial mine located on the River Tshikapa, in
Kasaï - closed. map
Lesotho
Letseng
Diamond Mine: Open-cast mine in Maluti Mountains 70 km from
Mokhotlong. map
Namibia
Elizabeth Bay
Mine: Open-cast mine in Namib desert, south of Lüderitz. Namdeb. map
Orange River
(Daberas) Mines: Orange River alluvium. Namdeb Namib Gov. map
Marine Mining:
Namco Mining operates a dredging fleet off the west coast of Namibia. map
Sierra Leone
Magna Egoli
Mine: Largest mechanized mine in Sierra Leone. Waldman Resources,
Israel. map
Koidu-Sefadu
Mines: Subsistence digging in alluvium pits west of Koidu. map
Koidu Open Pit
Mines: Kimberlite open-pit mines just south of Koidu. map
South Africa
Baken Diamond
Mine: Located along Orange River in North Cape, So Africa. Trans Hex. map
Cullinan
Diamond Mine: Open Pit/Hard Rock diamond mine owned by De Beers. map
Finsch Diamond
Mine: Finsch is an open-pit mine near Lime Acres, De Beers operated. map
Kimberley
Diamond Mine: Started in 1871, the Kimberley Open Pits closed in
2005. map
Koffiefontein
Diamond Mine: The Koffiefontein mine opened in 1870. Closed in 2006. map
The Oaks
Diamond Mine: In Limpopo province. Open-pit mine De Beers operated. map
Venetia
Diamond Mine: Limpopo, produces over 40% of world's gem-quality
diamonds. map
Tanzania
Williamson
Diamond Mine: (aka Mwadui mine) Open Pit mine. 75% De Beers ownership map
Zimbabwe
Murowa Diamond
Mine: Open Pit & Underground mine. 75% De Beers ownership. map
River Ranch
Diamond Mine: Open Pit & Underground mine. 75% De Beers
ownership. map
Australia
East Kimberley
Argyle Diamond
Mine: Largest producer in world, mostly industrial grade. Rio Tinto. map
Borneo
Cempaka/Riam
Kanan, South Kalimantan
Cempaka
Diamond Mines: Alluvials mined by indigenous artisanal Kalimantan
miners. map
Canada
North West
Territories (NWT)
Diavik Diamond
Mine: The Diavik diamond mine is located in the NWT. map
Ekati Diamond
Mine: Canada's first diamond mining operation, located in NWT. map
India
Madhya Pradesh
Panna Diamond
Mine: Alluvial mine in state of Madhya Pradesh. map
Russia
Siberia
Aikhal GOK
Mine: Three open-pit kimberlite pipe mines: Aikhal, Jubilee, and
Sytykan. map
Anabar GOK
Mine: The norther most location of Russia's diomond mines. map
Jubilee
(Yubileinaya) Mine: Newer open-pit kimberlite mine near Udachny. Alrosa.
Mirna Mine:
Largest diamond deposit in Russia and one of the largest in the
world. map
Udachnaya
(Udachny) Pipe Mine: One of the deepest diamond mines in the world. map |
