https://www.miningweekly.com

Stellar quarter pushes Lucapa to record year

6th January 2020

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

     

Font size: - +

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diamond miner Lucapa Diamond Company has reported record production for the three months to December, with 14 007 ct recovered during the quarter.

The Mothae operation, in Lesotho, produced 9 837 ct during the quarter, while the Lulo mine, in Angola, produced a further 4 170 ct.

Lucapa on Monday said that the record results for the December quarter contributed to record annual group production of 49 120 ct for the full year, generating combined sales of $55-million.

A total of 287 diamonds of greater than 4.8 ct was produced during the quarter, taking the full year total to 1 164 stones, including five that came in at more than 100 ct each.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Comments

The content you are trying to access is only available to subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, you can Login Here.

If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe now, by selecting one of the below options.

For more information or assistance, please contact us at subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za.

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION