Diavik hits 100 Mct as Ekati development gathers pace

Canada’s largest diamond mine has reached the significant milestone of producing 100-million carats of rough diamonds since the mine started in 2003. A 60/40 joint venture between mining major Rio Tinto and Canada’s Dominion Diamond Corp, Rio Tinto Diamonds, Salt & Uranium MD Simon Trott praises the teams who had helped make this happen safely and responsibly in some of the harshest operating conditions in the world.