Maiskoye diamond mine

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Maiskoye mine
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Maiskoye mine
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Maiskoye mine
Location
Location Nyurbinsky District
Federal subject Sakha Republic
Country Russia
Coordinates 64°58′44″N117°00′40″E / 64.97889°N 117.01111°E / 64.97889; 117.01111
Production
Products diamonds
Typeopen-pit
History
Discovered2006
Owner
Company ALROSA

The Maiskoye mine is one of the largest diamond mines in Russia and in the world. [1] The mine is located in the Sakha Republic, [1] in the Nyurba open pit. The mine has estimated reserves of 13.3 million carats of diamonds and an annual production capacity of 0.8 million carats. [1]

Zaitsev et al. (2010) and Smelov et al. (2009, 2010) named this kimberlite field Khompu-Maiskoye. The field consists of 4, Middle-Paleozoic kimberlite bodies. The first crystal diamond was found in 2012. [2]

Development of the mine was planned to start in 2022. [3] In 2024, the company Shakhtoupravleniye Maiskoye was sanctioned by the US Department of State for its ties with the SDS UGOL. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New diamond fields explored by ALROSA may turn into possible sources of reserve growth". rough-polished.com. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  2. ↑ journal, SCIENCE First Hand. "The First Diamond of Manchary". SCIENCE First Hand. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  3. ↑ Praveen (2019-06-13). "The world's top 10 biggest diamond mines". Mining Technology. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
  4. ↑ "New Measures to Degrade Russia's Wartime Economy". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
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