Yakutia, the vast and energy-rich region in the Russian Far East, is planning to mine cryptocurrency with the global leader in diamond extraction, Alrosa.

Russian state-owned diamond giant Alrosa has pulled out of projects amid low sales to foreign customers. Sales have plummeted to the lowest level in a decade, driving business profitability into the ...

Jwaneng Diamond Mine: Russia is the largest producer of diamonds worldwide, and also boasts the largest diamond mine found on the planet. However, the world's richest diamond mine is not located in ...

In a R5,2-million contract with Alrosa diamond-mine project in Russia, Johannesburg-based company UV+IR Engineering will supply six infra-red dryers. Technical director Burt Nel reports that one of ...

MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - Russian diamond producer Alrosa announced on Tuesday that it had decided to temporarily suspend operations at its less profitable deposits. The suspension will affect ...

Collapsing diamond prices are doing more than frustrate plans to sell industry leader De Beers, they are becoming the latest economic headache for Russia. A major export business for Russia, diamonds ...