Rio Tinto has officially brought production to a close at the Diavik Diamond Mine, ending a 23-year chapter that yielded more than 150 million carats of rough diamonds and helped establish Canada as a major player in the global diamond industry. Located beneath Lac de Gras, roughly 220 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, the […]

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Rio Tinto has announced its last-ever Beyond Rare™ Tender, Into the Light, presenting an extraordinary collection of 52 diamond lots sourced from the iconic Argyle mine in Australia and the Diavik mine in Canada. Part of Rio Tinto’s celebrated Art Series, this third edition brings together 45.44 carats of some of the world’s rarest natural […]

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A sale of “beyond rare” diamonds – primarily pink, red and violet stones from the Argyle mine – delivered “strong results”, owners Rio Tinto said yesterday (3 November) although it declined to provide actual prices. Fancy color diamonds from the iconic mine, which closed in November 2020, are now in such short supply that Rio […]

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Rio Tinto has installed Canada’s largest off-grid solar power plant at its Diavik diamond mine on the edge of Arctic Circle. It will provide up to a quarter of the electricity needed for production until the mine reaches the end of its life in 2026, and for the closure, which will take another three years. […]

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A Special Notified Zone (SNZ) – designed to ease rough imports from big miners – is to be launched at the newly-opened Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB). The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), representing almost 10,000 manufacturers, says it will be the biggest diamond SNZ in India. The 4,500 sq ft premises will feature […]

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Mining major Rio Tinto has achieved an outstanding result at its first Beyond Rare™ Tender: The Art Series, a new sale format for its diamonds business. The tender featured a collection of 87 rare coloured diamonds, including pink and red diamonds from the Argyle Diamond Mine in Australia and yellow diamonds from the Diavik Diamond […]

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Rio Tinto is to hold The Beyond Rare Tender, showcasing polished pink and red diamonds from the now-closed Argyle mine in Australia, and yellow stones from Diavik, beneath a frozen lake in northern Canada. A total of 48 lots will be offered for sale in a series of invitation-only events staring next month. The first […]

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Rio Tinto has launched a new exclusive sales event that celebrates extraordinarily rare masterpieces of nature from its diamonds business. Known as The Beyond RareTM Tender, the inaugural collection showcases 48 lots of exceptional polished diamonds, including legacy inventory of pink and red diamonds from the Argyle diamond mine and yellow diamonds from Rio Tinto’s […]

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Mining major Rio Tinto is marking the 20th anniversary of its Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The mine, which was discovered during a mineral prospecting rush in the 1990s, has since produced over 140 million carats of rough diamonds through a combination of surface and underground mining. The majority of the diamonds mined […]

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Rio Tinto has unveiled its first piece of jewelry in its Argyle Pink Diamonds Icon Partner program. It’s a one-off $3.75m ring handcrafted with 3.42 carats of pink, red and blue diamonds from the iconic Australian mine, which closed in November 2020 after reaching the end of its life. The Argyle Romantica, created by Singapore-based […]

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