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The Mir mine (Russian: кимберлитовая алмазная трубка «Мир» kimberlitovaya almaznaya trubka "Mir"; English: kimberlite diamond pipe "Peace"), also called the Mirny mine, is an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Sakha Republic, in the Siberian region of eastern Russia. The mine is more than 525 meters (1,722 ...
Mirny (Russian: Мирный, IPA: [ˈmʲirnɨj], lit. peaceful ; Yakut : Мииринэй , Miiriney , IPA: [ˈmi:ɾinej] ) is a town and the administrative center of Mirninsky District in the Sakha Republic , Russia , located on the Irelyakh River ( Vilyuy 's basin ), 820 kilometers (510 mi) west of Yakutsk , the capital of the republic.
Alrosa PJSC. Alrosa (Russian: АЛРОСА) is a Russian group of diamond mining companies that specialize in exploration, mining, manufacture, and sale of diamonds. The company leads the world in diamond mining by volume. [2][3] Mining takes place in Western Yakutia, the Arkhangelsk region, and Africa.
Fort Knox mine – gold mine in the Fairbanks mining district of Alaska. Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine – largest open pit iron mine in the world, near Hibbing, Minnesota [7] Lavender Pit – copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona. Morenci Mine – copper mine in Greenlee County, Arizona.
Sakha Republic. Sakha, [a] officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), [b] is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million. [11] Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eastern Federal District, and is the world's largest country subdivision, covering ...
Mirny (Russian: Ми́рный; masculine), Mirnaya (Ми́рная; feminine), or Mirnoye (Ми́рное; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Republic of Adygea [ edit ] As of 2010, two rural localities in the Republic of Adygea bear this name:
It experienced a period of rapid growth during the 20th century as a result of the discovery and development of diamond deposits in the Vilyuy River basin. As the closest significant settlement to the major kimberlite excavations at the Mir Mine and the establishment of the associated town of Mirny, Mukhtuya became a major base of construction ...
Mirninsky District. / 62.533°N 113.950°E / 62.533; 113.950. Mirninsky District ( Russian: Ми́рнинский район; Yakut: Мииринэй улууһа, Miiriney uluuha) is an administrative [1] and municipal [5] district ( raion, or ulus ), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of ...