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Catoca diamond mine
The Catoca diamond mine is the fourth largest diamond mine in the world, and is located in Angola.The mine is located on a kimberlite pipe. Estimated reserves are 60 million carats (12,000 kg). Reserves/Resources: 60 million carats Products: The mine had production of 1.8 million carats (360 kg) in 2000 and 2.6 million carats (520 kg) in 2001. Owner: The mine is owned by a consortium of international mining interests, including Endiama (the state mining company of Angola) (32.8% ownership), Alrosa of Russia (32.8%), Odebrecht of Brazil (16.4%), and the Diamond Finance CY BV Group (16.8%). country/region: ANGOLA Continent: Africa
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Fucauma Diamond Mine
The Fucauma Diamond Mine is a diamond mine under construction in the Lunda Norte Province of Angola. Reserves/Resources: Probable reserves are 849,000 cubic meters of ore at an ore grade of 20.0 carats per 100 cubic meters. There is a waste rock overburden of about 3.3 million cubic meters. Products: 120,000 carats per annum Owner: The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 40 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 35% ownership. country/region: ANGOLA Continent: Africa
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Luarica diamond mine
The Luarica diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Angola. Reserves/Resources: Probable reserves are 1.3 million cubic meters of ore at an ore grade of 21.6 carats (4.3 g) per 100 cubic meters (43.2 mg/m³). There is a waste rock overburden of about 9.5 million cubic meters. Products: 95,000 carats in 2003 Owner: . The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 38 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 32 percent ownership. country/region: ANGOLA Continent: Africa
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Damtshaa diamond mine
The Damtshaa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 220 kilometers (140 mi) west of the city of Francistown. Damtshaa is of open pit construction, located on top of four distinct kimberlite pipes of varying ore grade. Reserves/Resources: The mine is forecast to produce about 5 million carats (1,000 kg) of diamond from 39 million tons of ore over the projected 31 year life of the mine. Products: 292,000 carats in 2003 Owner: Debswana country/region: BOTSWANA Continent: Africa
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Jwaneng diamond mine
The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world and is located in south-central Botswana about 120 kilometers (75 mi) west of the city of Gaborone, in the Naledi river valley of the Kalahari.The high rate of diamond extraction, combined with high quality diamonds fetching excellent per weight prices, make the Jwaneng diamond mine the richest diamond mine in the world by value of recovered diamonds. Reserves/Resources: The reserves will allow production at current levels to continue for 27 years. Products: 15.6 million carats in 2006 Owner: Debswana country/region: BOTSWANA Continent: Africa
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