Joint Stock Company "ALROSA" (PJSC), the largest in the world in terms of diamond production, announces that produced crystal weighing 241.21 carats from the tube "Nyurbinskaya".
Found crystal is one of the largest diamonds mined in Russia and the third among mass detected on Nyurbinsky mine.
Crystal translucent, with grayish tinge, has dimensions of 38.64 x 27.34 x 25.46 mm. On the surface of the dissolution traces are etched to form channels and cavities. In the intermediate and peripheral areas have large cracks, one of them with iron accumulation; throughout the volume of present-graphite inclusions of sulfides. Stone Quality: 4 Black Clivage / Makeable 2 colour.
Development tube "Nyurbinskaya" began in 2001 and is currently under way to open. Identified reserves in accordance with the JORC Code as of January 1, 2015 amounted to 36.9 million carats.
Nyurbinsk Mining and Processing Plant (GOK) - one of the youngest companies "ALROSA". It is working on Nakyn ore field, in particular, on the following sites: Career "Nyurbinsk" and "Botuobinsky" and the alluvial deposits of the same name. Nyurbinsky share of GOK in the total production of the Group ALROSA diamond was 20% in 2015.
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Diamond trade in India continued to decline last month. The export of diamonds from India in October 2015 decreased by 17%, to $ 1.83 billion against $ 2.2 billion in October last year. Meanwhile, in terms of output, exports rose to 3.68 million carats in October 2015 from 3.16 million carats in October 2014. This is evidenced by the data provided by the Council for the Promotion of the Export of Gems and Jewelry (Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council, GJEPC) of India.
From April to October this year, polished exports from India fell by 14.3% to $ 12.26 billion, from $ 14.3 billion a year earlier. By volume, it fell from 21.32 million carats to 20.35 million carats during the reporting period.
Import of diamonds in October 2015 amounted to $ 1.07 billion, an increase of 14.6%, from $ 0.93 billion in October 2014. By volume, rough diamond imports rose from 8.73 million carats in October last year to 10.89 million carats in October this year. Between April and October 2015, diamond imports to India declined 22.3% to $ 8 billion, from $ 10.3 billion in the same period last year. The volume of imports for this period also fell, from 83.7 million carats to 74 million carats.
The export of rough diamonds from India in October 2015 fell by 37.8%, to $ 66.7 million, compared to $ 107.2 million a year earlier. By volume, the figure fell from 2.97 million carats to 2.12 million carats, a drop of 28.5%.
From April to October 2015, diamond exports totaled $ 613.44 million compared to $ 867 million in the same period last year, down by 29.3%. The volume of diamond exports for this period fell by 21.7%, from 20 million carats to 15.7 million carats.
Imports of diamonds to India declined in October by 53% to $ 282.2 million, from $ 599.5 million in October 2014. At the same time, from April to October, this indicator fell by 60.8%, from $ 4.3 billion last year to $ 1.7 billion this year. The government sought to reduce the import of diamonds to support the cutting sector in India.
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