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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center - Earthshots. Production in the Diavik Mine began in January 2003. By 2013, Diavik had produced 84 million carats. In this time series, you will notice something different about the mine pits of Diavik. The diamond ore is under the lake, so the pits were built in the lake.
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Figure 1. The Diavik diamond mine, shown here in February 2015, is located on a small island in Lac de Gras, approximately 300 km northeast of Yellowknife and 220 km south of the Arctic Circle, in a remote region of Canada's Northwest Territories. Photo courtesy of Diavik Diamond Mine. ABSTRACT
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The Diavik diamond mine, northeast of Yellowknife, generated 201 kilotonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 and 193 kilotonnes in 2020 according to reports produced by consultants on the mine's behalf. Diavik is scheduled to cease production by 2025 and, unlike at the neighbouring Ekati and Gahcho Kué mines, Diavik owner Rio Tinto has.
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YELLOWKNIFE, Canada — In an effort to support those who have been impacted by the recent wildfires in Canada's Northwest Territories, Diavik Diamond Mine today announced a donation of CAN$250,000 to the United Way Northwest Territories (UWNWT) to support with wildfire response efforts.
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Diavik Diamond Mine Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. A Kiewit-led joint venture completed three contracts from January 2000 to March 2003 to construct portions of the Diavik Diamond Mine located 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. The project site, which is 222 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, experiences wind chills in January.
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The mine finished with a request that the city think some more about how Rio Tinto can be helpful before Diavik is gone for good. "We recognize that with the closure of the three main diamond mines within a 10-year period in the North, that is going to be a huge impact on on northerners, on the City of Yellowknife," said Annand.
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Rio Tinto has operated Diavik since production commenced in 2003. Located approximately 300 km north-east of Yellowknife, the mine employs over 1,100 employees, of which 17 per cent are Northern Indigenous people. In 2020, it produced 6.2 million carats of rough diamonds.
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The Diavik Diamond Mine is located in one of the most remote and forbidding places in the world - 220 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle and on the bed of a vast northern lake, Lac de Gras. A single road, built out of ice and crossing frozen lakes, connects the mine with other operations and Yellowknife, capital of the Canada's Northwest.
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Diavik diamond mine owner Rio Tinto will spend $40 million to begin mining below the A21 open pit, likely extending the NWT mine's life to at least early 2026. Thursday's announcement adds about a year to the operating life of Diavik, which was the second diamond mine to come on-stream in the Northwest Territories when production began in 2003.
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YELLOWKNIFE — Ten people were rescued Thursday after a small plane crashed in a remote area of the Northwest Territories and they were stranded overnight. David Lavallee, a spokesman with 1 Canadian Air Division and Canadian Norad Region Headquarters, said everyone was picked up from the crash site and taken to the nearby Diavik diamond mine. Some were injured. The Joint Rescue Coordination.
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An Air Tindi plane lands at the Yellowknife airport Thursday afternoon after a successful effort by the airline and Search and Rescue to rescue 10 people who were stranded when a plane went down.
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center - Earthshots. The world's longest ice road connects Yellowknife to three diamond mines: Ekati, Diavik, and Snap Lake. Of the 475 kilometers (300 miles) of ice road, 86 percent of it is across frozen lakes. The ice road is the only overland supply route for the mines.
Heading back onto the ice from delivering at the Diavik Diamond mine. Yellowknife NWT
The mine, on an island in Lac de Gras roughly 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, is one of the largest employers in the territory. According to Rio Tinto, Diavik provides jobs for about 1,100 people, of whom 486 are northerners. The mine contributes nearly 10 percent of the NWT's GDP, spending a reported $9.3 billion in the North since 2000.
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YELLOWKNIFE, Canada - Rio Tinto has approved a $40-million investment in the first phase of underground mining below the existing A21 open pit at its Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Based on the updated mine plan and production schedule including the A154N and A154S pipes, and subject to approval of the second.