Tłı̨chǫ government and Rio Tinto sign deal for Diavik mine closure
By Jocelyn Shepel Mining giant plans to wind down operations at Diavik starting next month Twenty-six years after one relationship
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Aerator that could restore fish in Yellowknife’s Frame Lake turned on
By Nadeer Hashmi An aerator recently began pumping air into the water of Frame Lake in Yellowknife, and the mining
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Diavik’s solar plant is running, hope it can be ‘deployed elsewhere’ when mine closes
Solar panels expected to provide a quarter of the electricity needed for the mine’s closure Rio Tinto says its 3.5-megawatt
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Canada’s mild winter disrupts key ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines
An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometer (250-mile) ice road that is
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Presumptive case of COVID-19 reported at Canada’s Northwest Territories diamond mine
The Northwest Territories government says there’s a presumptive case of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine. A worker tested positive upon entry
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Presumptive case of COVID-19 reported at Diavik mine in Canadian Northwest Territories
There’s a presumptive case of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, according to the N.W.T. government. An
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Rio Tinto not interested in any part of Dominion Diamond Mines in Northern Canada
The company thought to be the most logical to partner with or purchase Dominion Diamond Mines is not interested in
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187.7 carat diamond unearthed in Canada’s North
The largest diamond ever found in Canada made its international debut at an exclusive preview at Kensington Palace in London
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