Alrosa has planned to increase its diamond production by 5 percent in 2017 to 38.85 million carats, according to a report by Russian news agency TASS. The news came from the diamond miner’s president Andrey Zharkov (photo) during a television interview on 30 November 2016.
“The plans that we form today for 2017 envisage an approximately 5% increase in mining, if we are talking about the ALROSA company," Zharkov said. This year, the company aimed to mine 37 million carats
In terms of global diamond production, he said the company does not expect to see over 10 percent increase in the next 2 to 3 years. (Photo courtesy: Alrosa)
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