Russian diamond miner Alrosa has progressed in the run-up to the development of Verkhne-Munskoe diamond deposit with the delivery of new motor vehicles, according to a press release from the miner.
“The implementation of the project with road trains is reducing dramatically the Company’s investment costs for the transportation of mined rock from the Zarnitsa pipe. It increases the profitability of remote and low-grade deposits development by way of reducing technological transportation costs,” explains the head of Alrosa’s internal investment projects Alexander Bondarenko.
The Verkhne-Munskoe ore field has on-balance reserves of diamonds estimated at 38.3 million carats, according to Alrosa.
