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The Ekati Diamond Mine, often simply called Ekati, is Canada's first surface and underground diamond mine [1] and is owned by Burgundy Diamond Mines.It is located 310 km (190 mi) north-east of Yellowknife, [2] Northwest Territories, and about 200 km (120 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, near Lac de Gras.
BHP began the permitting process for the Ekati Diamond Mine in 1995, received final approval in 1997, and opened the mine late in 1998. [4] By 2009, annual sales from EKATI amounted to about 5% by value of world diamond production. [5] Hugo Dummett northern Oyu Tolgoi cross-section. In 2001, Dummett joined Ivanhoe Mines as Vice President.
Diamond company Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (NYSE: HWD) has agreed to purchase the Ekati diamond mine from the Canadian subsidiary of BHP Billiton PLC (NYSE: BHP) for $500 million. BHP owns 80% of ...
The company sources its gem-quality diamonds from the Ekati Diamond Mine, located in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The company has a corporate office in Calgary, Alberta , Canada, a rough diamond sales office in Antwerp, Belgium , and a cut and polishing facility in Perth, Australia .
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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.
The government of the Central African Republic suspended a Chinese mining company’s operations in the country, accusing it of cooperating with armed militias, a government decree said. The ...
Ekati Diamond Mine, 2010. Fipke is credited as a co-discoverer of the mine, and retained a 10% interest until 2014, which made him a very wealthy man. Charles Edgar "Chuck" Fipke CM (born 1946) is a Canadian geologist and prospector who discovered the existence of diamonds around Lac de Gras in Canada's Northwest Territories. He is now a ...