The diamond industry in Belgium has thrived for centuries and accounted for over half of Russia's total diamond exports of 28.2 million carats, worth approximately $2.5 billion in 2021.

Russia produces about ¼ of the world’s diamond output. The largest, and possibly the most well known, location was an opencast mine known as the Mirny Mine, which was over half a mile wide and ...

Russia’s diamond mining monopolist Alrosa has founds a 468 carat amber-coloured diamond, the largest diamond it has ever found, after it reopened its Mirny diamond mine in Yakutia that has been ...

Just because a mine has been exhausted of its ore, that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. A 2023 study suggests that the shafts of such abandoned mines could serve as energy-storing ...