Harry Winston Raises Diamond Production on Higher Grades in 2012

Mining Weekly reported that diamond miner Harry Winston said it had lifted its diamond production last year from the partly owned Diavik diamond mine by close to 7.5% for higher grades to 7.2 million carats.

As quoted in the market news:

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Diavik diamond mine produced 1.9-million carats from 500 000 t of ore processed, as compared with 1.6-million carats from 600 000 t of ore processed in the comparable quarter of the prior year.

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