Transparent yellowish white crystal in the form of an octahedron extracted from the alluvial deposits "Mining" dredge № 203 concentrator № 3 Mirninsky mine. It is the only factory in Russia, which is provided by diamond dredging fleet.
Placer "Mountain" was opened in 1956. It is located on the left bank of the river Malaya Botuobiya, 26 km south-east of the town of Mirny.
Besides placer "Mining", Mining Mirninsky produces diamonds mines "Mir", "International", placers "Watershed gravel", "Irelyakh placer", as well as man-made field "mill tailings № 5".
In 2016, at the Mirny Mine was produced almost 5.3 million carats of diamonds ─ 21% of the total diamond production ALROSA Group.
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World Council for Investment in platinum (World Platinum Investment Council, WPIC) published the latest quarterly report, including an analysis of the proposal with millet for platinum in the first quarter of 2017, according to which the total amount of platinum production in the reporting period fell by 6.3% compared to the same period the previous year, up to 1.33 million ounces. This is the lowest since the third quarter of 2014.
Global demand for platinum jewelry, meanwhile, increased by 3% during the first quarter compared with the same period of the previous year, with increased retail sales in China. However, as expected, for the entire 2017 global demand for platinum jewelery will fall by 1% compared to 2016 year. It is assumed that the fall in demand in China and Japan outweighed its growth in India and other regions.
According to the report, the total platinum supply will fall by 2% to 7.33 million ounces in 2017 compared to 2016 year. Both primary and secondary metal bid that is expected to decrease.
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