kimberlite mining equipment
Mining Diamonds in the Canadian Arctic: The Diavik Mine. In 2006 and 2007, another group of bulk kimberlite samples was collected underground at each of the three pipes (A154, A418, and A21) to determine underground mining conditions, to compare the impact of drill and blast mining versus machine mining on diamond value, and to provide about 15,000 carats from each pipe for additional