Sputnik V vaccine image by Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation), CC BY 2.5 AR, via Wikimedia Commons. The mining company sorts approximately 40 million carats per year.Ĭredits: Diamond image courtesy of Alrosa.
The company manages mines in Russia's Yakutia and Arkhangelsk regions, as well as Africa. That mine had been the world’s primary source for pink, red and blue diamonds.Īlrosa accounts for nearly one-third of global rough diamond production. Alrosa's new discoveries of fancy-colored diamonds come at a time when Rio Tinto's exhausted Argyle Mine in Western Australia has officially ceased operations. The alluvial deposits in northwest Yakutia, where Alrosa subsidiary Almazy Anabara operates, provide a rich source of natural colored diamonds, including those with exceptionally rare hues.Īlrosa is looking to become a major player in gem-quality colored diamonds, a segment of the industry once dominated by Rio Tinto and Anglo American’s De Beers. Shaped like a flattened octahedron, the diamond measures 27.15mm х 28.81mm х 29.56 mm (1.16 inches on its longest side). The alluvial diamond was sourced at Alrosa's mine in the frigid, sparsely populated Russian outpost of Yakutia. This gives us hope getting back to life as usual in the foreseeable future." The vaccine itself, and the fact that it was developed so fast, are both exceptional. "Therefore, we decided to name this outstanding crystal after the first Russian coronavirus vaccine, which is also a miracle created by our scientists. "Rough diamonds of this size and color are true natural wonders," said Alrosa CEO Sergey Ivanov.
Likewise, Alrosa named the yellow diamond "Sputnik V" because of its wondrous qualities. Being first to market with a life-saving vaccine and being first to space with a man-made satellite were both triumphs of innovation and technology. The Sputnik V vaccine had been named after the world's first satellite, Sputnik, which was launched into low-Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on Oct. The vaccine, which is said to be more than 90% effective, was registered in August 2020 and has already been administered to more than 2 million people worldwide. Over 80 kg of gold were mined last year, and 113 kg of gold - in 2018.Mining giant Alrosa recently named a gem-quality, 100.53-carat light yellow diamond after "Sputnik V," the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19. According to Marinychev, some preliminary work has been carried out for this purpose - the tank parks of fuel and lubricant materials have been expanded, new special-purpose equipment has been ordered, rotation camps are being developed.Īlmazy Anabara started ancillary mining of gold in 2017. A 34.17 carat Fancy Vivid Yellow Rough Diamond was recovered by Almazy Anabara a mining company affiliate of Alrosa. The Company plans to increase production at the deposits of Ebelyakh group by 1 million carats next year. Production will be expanded at the existing sites as well. The mineral resource base of Almazy Anabara is constantly developing - so, a subsidiary of ALROSA got six new fields for disposal in 2017. In accordance with the results of the completed the washing season, we can confirm that the site turned out to be promising, and all of its planned indicators were confirmed by the final results,” said Pavel Marinychev. “We opened the new Khara-Mas site in tundra zone this year. But, most importantly, concerted efforts of all services involved are the main factor of success.Īlmazy Anabara continued development of the new promising sites in 2018. He also noted that favourable weather conditions essentially helped to achieve positive dynamics, as the production time at placer mines was extended.
In particular, we have upgraded the X-ray luminescent separation line to decrease workload of dense-media separation units at the Bolshaya Kuonamka deposit and to increase capacity of grading units,” said Pavel Marinychev, CEO of Almazy Anabara. “Such results were achieved due to, without limitation, the advanced diamond-bearing sand processing technology. Indicators of mining operations, carried out mostly in winter, were fully achieved as well - the Company mined and processed about 14 million cubic meters of rock mass. The production target was exceeded by 9 per cent. According to the Company’s data, over 5.4 million carats of rough diamonds were mined, which is a record mining level throughout the Company’s operation. which is located and operated by Almazy Anabara, a subsidiary of Alrosa. The diamond’s dimensions are 47 mm x 24 mm x 22 mm, and, according to preliminary estimates, it is between 120 million and 230 million years old. Almazy Anabara (a subsidiary of ALROSA) have summed up the washing season of 2018, which has lasted from the twenties of May to the 24th of September. The diamond was extracted from the Ebelyakh mine in Yakutia, Russia.
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