Turkey top envoy goes to Niger in bid to secure uranium supplies
The trip comes after Niger’s military government withdrew mining rights from Canadian and French companies to develop uranium deposits.
Diversified mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) posted a 9% in diamond production to 3.248 million carats in the last quarter of 2012.
Each of the company’s diamond mines reported an increase in their individual production levels.
The fully-owned Argyle mine recorded a 5% increase in production to 2.01 million carats. The company’s 60% stake in production at the Diavik mine in Canada registered a 19% increase to 1.141 million carats.
The 78% stake in production held by Rio Tinto in the Murowa mine in Zimbabwe reported an 11% increase to 98,000 carats.
Last year the company’s overall diamond production rose 12% to 13.122 million carats.
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