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Diavik Diamond Mine is an industrial complex set in a remote, subarctic landscape. It consists of four kimberlite pipes associated with the Lac de Gras kimberlite field and is located on an island 20 km 2 (7.7 sq mi) in Lac de Gras informally known as East Island.
The Eocene (ca. 55-50 Ma) age diatremes of the Lac de Gras kimberlite field support two world-class diamond mines called Ekati and Diavik. [2] Ekati, Canada's first diamond mine, [3] has produced 40,000,000 carats (8,000 kg) of diamonds out of six open pits between 1998 and 2008, [3] while Diavik to the southeast has produced 35,400,000 carats ...
Until 1998, the road was licensed and operated by Echo Bay Mines, owners of the Lupin Mine, after which it became a joint venture between Echo Bay Mines, BHP Billiton, and Diavik Diamond Mines. [4] The defunct Jericho Diamond Mine, Nunavut, Canada. The mine site (buildings and fuel tank farm) is visible in the background behind the open pit ...
Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine in Canada (Newscast/PA) (PA Media) An unknown number of people are dead after a plane crashed on its route to a diamond mine in Canada 's Northwest Territories ...
Lac de Gras was the centre of the diamond rush of the 1990s. There are two working, and one closed, diamond mines in the area, Diavik Diamond Mine, Ekati Diamond Mine, and the care and maintenance Snap Lake Diamond Mine. [2] [3] It was called Ekati by aboriginal peoples.
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A. ^ Harry Winston Diamond Mines owns 40% and Diavik Diamond Mines, which is 100% owned by the Rio Tinto, owns 60%. B. ^ Dominion Diamond Corporation owns 88.9% while Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson each own 10%. C. ^ Mountain Province Diamonds owns 44%, De Beers Canada 51% and Camphor Ventures 4.9% D. ^ Pine Point and Port Radium are ghost ...
Diavik Airport (IATA: DVK [2], TC LID: CDK2) is a private aerodrome in the Northwest Territories, Canada that serves the Diavik Diamond Mine. It is situated in a busy area [further explanation needed] due to the closeness of Ekati Airport. Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency.