Deposition planning at the Diavik Diamond Mine

• Main Authors: Cunning, John, Isidoro, Allison, Apaz, Claudia, Kinakin, Carla
• Other Authors: Tailings and Mine Waste Conference (2011 : Vancouver, B.C.), University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Diavik Diamond Mine; East Island; Lac de Gras; Northwest Territories; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38057

The Diavik Diamond Mine (Diavik), a joint venture of Rio Tinto and Harry Winston, is located on East Island in Lac de Gras in the subarctic climatic region of Canada’s Northwest Territories and has been in operation since 2002. Following diamond extraction from the kimberlite ore, the remaining proc...