Russia-owned diamond miner Alrosa has unveiled a 78.02 ct. diamond from its Mir underground mine, estimated to be worth more than $600,000 if put on auction. The stone, measuring 28.5 х 28.4 х 24.2 mm ...

Russia’s Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world’s top diamond producer by output in carats, said Monday a recent accident at its Mir underground mine in the town of Mirny, eastern Siberia, won’t affect its 2017 ...

RESCUE teams are desperately searching for 16 trapped miners after a Russian diamond mine flooded, according to the company that runs it. Russia's diamond giant Alrosa said water burst into its Mir ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The world's biggest diamond producing company, Russia's Alrosa, will restart production at Mir, a mine in the Yakutia region of the far east, shut since a deadly 2017 flood, the ...

Rescuers at one of Russia's largest diamond mines were searching early on August 5 for eight miners still missing after a water cavern collapsed into an underground shaft with 142 workers inside. One ...

MOSCOW – Russian State-controlled diamond miner Alrosa needs to decide what to do with its Mir mine mine after last year’s flooding incident before its privatisation plans come back on the agenda, ...

1955: Soviet geologists in eastern Siberia discover a massive deposit of diamond in what will become the Mir mine, the second largest excavated pit in the world. The honor went to Yuri Khabardin, ...

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Water is said to have flooded the pumping station at the Mir mine in eastern Siberia run by Russian firm Alrosa RESCUE teams are desperately searching for 16 trapped miners after a Russian diamond ...