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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.
Burgundy Diamond Mines Logo. Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited is an end-to-end global diamond company that delivers gem-quality diamonds from its cornerstone asset Ekati Diamond Mine through rough sales to its polished and cut diamond sales office in Perth, Australia.
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 ...
Toronto-based diamond miner Dominion Diamond -- the company formerly known as Harry Winston Diamond -- has completed its purchase of BHP Billiton's stake in the Ekati Diamond Mine, "as well as the ...
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 ...
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.
Diavik Diamond Mine: NT: Owned by a joint venture between the Dominion Diamond Mines and Diavik Diamond Mines, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group map 7: 378 235: Misery: NT: Satellite mining camp of the Ekati Diamond Mine map 8: 405 252: Ekati Diamond Mine: NT: Owned by Dominion Diamond Mines, northwest of the road map 9: Pellatt Lake: NT/NU ...