Rio Tinto Group's Australian Argyle mine is about to close one year from now. The company is the third largest diamond producer worldwide.

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At Argyle mine, the average annual output has been about 10,000 diamonds but Rio Tinto estimates there are just 150 or so Argyle pinks left. Argyle Mine Is the Biggest Source of Pink Diamonds ...

SYDNEY (AFP) — The world's largest pink diamond mine has shut its doors after exhausting its reserves of the expensive gems, global mining giant Rio Tinto said Tuesday. The Argyle mine, in the remote ...

The Argyle mine closed in 2020 when its costs began to outpace its diamond output. "Argyle has run dry. Every mine has what's called its mine life after which it is no longer economically viable ...

The Pitram software evolved alongside the mine, keeping pace with rapid advances in technology to maximise data performance and reliability. Argyle has supported the system with the right people ...

The iconic pink color of the Argyle Diamond Mine's diamonds was created by a combination of deep carbon, a continental collision and then stretching, said a researcher from Perth in Western Australia.

The Argyle Diamond Mine closed in 2020 after all its pink and other diamonds were extracted over a 37-year period, meaning the search is now on for new deposits. Journal reference: Nature ...

More than 500,000 carats of mostly gemstone-grade diamonds have been dug up at Merlin, including a 104-carat type 2a diamond which is the largest diamond that has been found in Australian history.

MINING giant Rio Tinto has joined BHP Billiton in reviewing its diamond business, which could include offloading the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley.

So for a long time, the Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia enjoyed a bounty of pink diamonds. Until they closed in 2020, they were the leading supplier of them.

Exploration history and discovery of the Diavik diamond deposits, Northwest Territories, Canada / R.C. Brett, Y. Kinakin, D. Howell, and A.T. Davy -- Evaluation of the Diavik diamond deposit / K.