Canada continues to be one of the world's top diamond producing companies. Tacy Ltd. Diamond Industry Consultants, a strategic consultancy house for the international diamond industry, reports:
A total of 7.74 million carats of diamonds were delivered to the owners by the Diavik Diamond Mine during the calendar year 2005. The quantity of diamonds produced during the same period was 8.27 million carats. Although the diamond production is slightly below the mine plan estimate of 8.5 million carats the quantity delivered was in accordance with the mine plan.
Aber Diamond Corporation's 40 percent share of diamonds produced was 3.31 million carats for the year, 9 percent greater than the prior year, with 0.73 million carats being produced in the last calendar quarter of 2005. The average recovered grade of ore processed during the year was 3.72 carats per ton.
“We are pleased with the continued growth in production at Diavik as work proceeds to open more working faces to dependably deliver ore to the expanded processing capacity. We are also optimistic that improvements to both mining and processing methods may improve the liberation and recovery of enhanced diamond value,” enthuses Robert Gannicott, Chairman and Chief Executive of Aber.
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