List of diamond mines 1702290 219467001 2008-06-15T10:58:57Z 90.23.4.82 /* Africa */ :''"Diamond mine"'' ''redirects here. For the game from [[PopCap Games]] also known as Diamond Mine, see [[Bejeweled]]. '' There are a limited number of commercially viable [[diamond]] [[mining|mines]] currently operating in the world. Diamonds are also mined [[alluvium|alluvially]] over disperse areas, where diamonds have been [[erosion|eroded]] out of the ground and deposited by water or weather action. There is also at least one example of a non-commercial diamond mine ([[Crater of Diamonds State Park]]). ==List of diamond mines== ===Africa=== *[[Angola]] **[[Catoca diamond mine]] **[[Fucauma diamond mine]] **[[Luarica diamond mine]] *[[Botswana]] **[[Damtshaa diamond mine]] **[[Jwaneng diamond mine]] **[[Letlhakane diamond mine]] **[[Orapa diamond mine]] *[[South Africa]] **[[Baken diamond mine]] **[[Premier Mine|Cullinan diamond mine]] (previously "Premier mine") **[[Finsch diamond mine]] **[[Kimberley, Northern Cape]] **[[Koffiefontein mine]] **[[The Oaks diamond mine]] **[[Venetia diamond mine]] **[[macicaca]] ([[Madagascar]]) *Other African locations **[[Kampangala diamond mine]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] **[[Murowa diamond mine]], [[Zimbabwe]] **[[Williamson diamond mine]], [[Tanzania]] ** [[Letseng-la-Terae]], [[Lesotho]] ===Asia=== *[[Russia]] **[[Aikhal GOK]] **[[Anabar GOK]] **[[Mir Mine|Mirny GOK]] **[[Nurba GOK]] **[[Udachnaya Pipe|Udachny GOK]] *[[India]] **[[Panna]] **[[Kundai]] ===North America=== *[[Canada]] **[[Diavik Diamond Mine]] **[[Ekati Diamond Mine]] **[[Jericho Diamond Mine]] **[[Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project]] **[[Victor Diamond Mine Project]] **[[Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project]] ***Some of these diamond mines appear in ''[[Ice Road Truckers]]''. *[[United States of America]] **[[Crater of Diamonds State Park]] **[[Jack Of Diamonds Mine]] ===Oceania=== *[[Australia]] **[[Argyle diamond mine]] **[[Merlin diamond mine]] **[[Locke Dimond Mine]] ==List of diamond mining companies== {{See also|Category:Diamond mining companies}} *[[Aber Diamond]], partial owner of the Diavik mine *[[Alrosa]], operating mainly in Russia *[[BHP Billiton]], owner of the Ekati mine *[[Camphor]], 4.9% owner of [[Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project]] *[[De Beers]], owner of 20 mines in Africa, 70% owner of the [[Northwest Territories]] [[Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project]], 100% owner of [[Ontario]]'s Victor Diamond Mine Project, 60% owner of the [[Northwest Territories]]' [[Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project]] and participant in numerous [[joint venture]]s worldwide *[[Debswana]], a partnership between De Beers and the government of Botswana *[[Endiama]], the national diamond-mining company in Angola and exclusive concessionaire *[[Mountain Province Diamonds]], 35% owner of the [[Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project]] *[[Namdeb]], a partnership between De Beers and the government of Namibia (primarily recovers alluvially deposited diamonds) *[[Rio Tinto Group]], partial owner of Argyle, Diavik, and Murowa diamond mines *[[Tahera Diamond]], owner of the Jericho mine in Canada *[[Trans Hex]] ==See also== * [[Diamonds as an investment]] [[Category:Diamond mines| ]] [[hu:Gyémántlelőhelyek]]