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PINK DIAMONDS

17th May 2013

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Members of the Miriuwung and Gidja communities in Western Australia's Kimberley region “warded off evil spirits” at the official opening of the $2.12-billion block-cave expansion at Rio Tinto's Argyle diamond mine, where one-in-four workers is indigenous. Shown is Rio Diamonds CEO Alan Davies and, inset, the Munthe smoking-watering ceremony. Driverless trucks will transport ore from draw point to crusher at the highly automated underground operation, which will extend the life of the mine to 2020. The cave will descend to a level of 680 m below the soon-to-be-closed openpit, which has supplied 90% of the world’s pink diamonds for nearly 25 years.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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