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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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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

"It's a heckuva big hole all right," confirms Argyle Diamond Mine tour director Ted Hall as we peer into the cavernous mile-and-a-half-long, 2,000-foot-deep AK1 open pit from an observation deck ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed mining contractor Macmahon has reported that diamond producer Argyle Diamonds, a wholly owned subsidiary of diversified giant Rio Tinto, intended to ...

It is the end of an era for MICROMINE too, which has partnered with Argyle for more than a decade, developing advanced information systems to optimise production and keep people safe, as the mine ...