Mir is one of two main mines in the town of Mirny itself, the other being an underground mine called International. Alrosa operates eight more mines, both underground and open pit, throughout Yakutia.

The Mirny mine, once one of Russia’s largest sources of rough diamonds, has been rebuilt and Alrosa has resumed operations with a capacity target of 2 mn carats annually. 'Today we are resuming ...

The entire existence of Mirny, Russia, revolves around the enormous pit that is the town's diamond mine. The precious stones attract a steady flow of newcomers looking for work, but the town's ...

is a diamond mine located on the outskirts of Mirny, a small town in eastern Siberia. Begun in 1955, the pit is now 1,722 feet deep and 0.78 miles in diameter. Stalin initially ordered ...

And in the northeastern corner of Siberia, they found them. The Mir Mine, and the town of Mirny that sits on its precipice, was founded in 1955. It would grow to become the second largest hole in ...

There were 151 people inside the mine at the time of the incident. Most were safely extracted, but eight were pronounced dead, having never been found. The first thing that strikes you in Mirny is ...

Alrosa said it expects Mirny to reach full design capacity by 2030, with the life of the mine projected to last until 2048. The total investment in restarting the mine stands at 70 billion rubles ...

DubaiSat-1, the UAE-owned and operated earth observation satellite, has relayed a pan-shaped, multi-spectral image of the Mirny Mine in Russia, the largest open pit diamond mine in the world. Dubai, ...

It was from this code that the Mir or Mirny Mine (‘Mir’ being the shortened form) received its name, as Mirny is Russian for ‘peace’. The Mir Mine officially opened in 1957. The kimberlite ...

There are claims that the winds around Siberia's Mirny Mine sucks unsuspecting helicopters into its 1,700-feet-deep pit swirl, but even with those rumors aside, the diamond mine that began in 1955 ...