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The mine was opened in 1992 by Harry Oppenheimer, a former De Beers chairman. In 2004 the mine had 955 employees and recovered 7,187,300 carats (1437.5 kg) of diamonds from 5,871,000 metric tons of ore .In 2021 the mine will cease its opencast operation and move towards underground mining extending the life of the mine by a further 21 years up ...
There are two mines – Venetia and Voorspoed. In 2008, De Beers began production at the Snap Lake mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada; [66] this was the first De Beers mine outside Africa and was Canada's first completely underground diamond mine. [67] However, production was suspended when the mine was put on care and maintenance in ...
The history of the Trinidad and Tobago national oil company can be traced to 1969, when the government established the National Petroleum Company. The company, the Trinidad-Tesoro Petroleum Company Ltd, was a partner in a joint venture with Tesoro Corporation , and was formed to acquire the assets of British Petroleum as it exited operations in ...
Forget bling, De Beers has found a surprising use for lab-grown diamonds outside of luxury jewelry, and business is booming Prarthana Prakash Updated December 9, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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Location of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country situated off the northern edge of the South American mainland, 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and 130 kilometres (81 miles) south of Grenada.
Petrotrin operated Trinidad and Tobago's single petroleum refinery, located at Pointe-à-Pierre, just north of the city of San Fernando, popularly known as the Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery. The refinery produced liquid petroleum gases, unleaded motor gasoline, avjet/kerosene, diesel/heating oil, fuel oil and aviation gasoline among other products.
The Venetia Diamond Mine is situated close to Alldays, located within the 360 square kilometre Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve. It is one of De Beers ’ six remaining diamond mines in South Africa and the only major diamond mine to be developed in the country during the past 25 years.