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Diamond World Magazine
February 16, 2018
An expert group reviewed all applications from ALROSA's employees, representatives of Russian and foreign companies, scientific academic and ... The Commission includes Company Chief Geologist Konstantin Garanin, Director of Mirny Mining and Processing Division Alexey Kovalenko and ChiefÃÂ ...
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
February 16, 2018
The company said this week that it had received and reviewed applications from Alrosa employees, representatives of Russian and foreign countries, ... The commission also includes company chief geologist Konstantin Garanin, Mirny Mining and Processing Division director Alexey Kovalenko and chiefÃÂ ...
The Independent
February 11, 2018
Russia: another year, another air tragedy ... The chronology of tragedy mostly involves Russian airlines, and contains a number of recurrent themes. ... One example of formidably good flying, though, involved a Tu154 belonging to Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise; in 2010, it suffered a complete systems failure atÃÂ ...
Rapaport
January 28, 2018
The Russian miner reported sales volume of 41.2 million carats for the year, up 3% from the amount it reported for 2016. ... Higher production at the Aikhal, Udachny and Nyurba divisions compensated for a 13% drop at Mirny, after Alrosa suspended operations at the Mir underground mine due to a flood inÃÂ ...
TASS
January 22, 2018
"Soon, we shall choose people from residents of Mirny, Udachny, Lensk, and from villages Aihal, Suntar, Olenyek." Yakutia announced earlier it begins from 2018 a pilot project to attract human resources from agricultural regions for shift work at the regional industrial enterprises. The unemployment in the region's cities isÃÂ ...
Diamond World Magazine
December 12, 2017
As part of the audit, representatives of the auditing company visited many of ALROSA's facilities, including its main production sites - Mirny, Aikhal and ... in the environmental responsibility rating of Russian mining companies, developed on the initiative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) of Russia and theÃÂ ...
MINING.com
December 12, 2017
The Responsible Jewellery Council announced that, following a comprehensive audit of its operations and business practices, Russian diamond producer Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) has been certified as one of its members. The RJC visited Alrosa's main production sites Mirny, Aikhal and Udachny, as well as theÃÂ ...
Xinhua
November 10, 2017
Aerial photo shows the opencast Mir mine located in the town of Mirny in Russia's Far North. (Web Photo). MOSCOW, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The deadly flood in a Russian diamond mine in last August was mainly caused by engineering errors in the construction project, a Russian government agency saidÃÂ ...
Xinhua
November 10, 2017
Aerial photo shows the opencast Mir mine located in the town of Mirny in Russia's Far North. (Web Photo). MOSCOW, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The deadly flood in a Russian diamond mine in last August was mainly caused by engineering errors in the construction project, a Russian government agency saidÃÂ ...
MINING.com
August 15, 2017
Search for four missing workers trapped at Russia's Alrosa mine fails ... Internatsionalny open-pit mine in Mirny, Yakutia (Image courtesy of ALROSA.) Russia's Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world's top diamond producer by output in carats, said Tuesday that the rescue teams working on trying to reach the areaÃÂ ...
Rapaport
August 7, 2017
Alisher Mirzayev was brought to the surface on Saturday and is in intensive care in the city of Mirny, Yakutia, the miner said in a Russian-language statement Sunday. He is conscious and communicating with doctors, Alrosa added, reporting his condition as “severe but stable” and not life-threatening.
Russian Machine Never Breaks
August 7, 2017
The campaign is being carried out under the Russian hashtags #МирныйМыСТобой (“We're with you, Mirny”) and #МирныйМыВместе (“Mirny We're Together”). ... Mirny is a major diamond-mining center in Russia's remote Yakutia region (also known as the Sakha Republic), located in eastern Siberia.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
August 5, 2017
Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry declared a state of emergency in the town of Mirny near the mine some 4,160 kilometers east of Moscow and said an offiical search and rescue mission was under way. The ministry's head, Vladimir Puchkov, said 32 mine rescuers and seven mine divers had arrivedÃÂ ...
CNN
August 4, 2017
(CNN) Sixteen people are missing after a diamond mine in Russia flooded Friday, according to the company which owns the mine, Alrosa. Another 102 people have been rescued from the "Mir" mine in the town of Mirny, in the Republic of Sakha, Eastern Siberia, a statement from Alrosa said. Thirty-twoÃÂ ...
Russia Beyond the Headlines
June 17, 2016
The entire existence of Mirny, Russia, revolves around the enormous pit that is the town's diamond mine. ... Mirny (Russian for 'peaceful') was built in the 1950s, growing around a diamond mining operation started by the Soviet government after several rich diamond fields were discovered in the SiberianÃÂ ...
Atlas Obscura
June 4, 2013
During its peak years of operation, the Mirny mine produced over 10 million carats of diamonds annually, a good percentage of which were gem-quality. Although open pit mining has ceased here, mining work is continuing by underground methods. The massive 20-foot (6 meters) tall rock-hauling trucks that service theÃÂ ...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
December 31, 1999
His service Volkswagen with flashing lights stood at the side of the road in the center of Mirny village near the airport of Ulyanovsk. The minivan was accompanied by an escort vehicle. According to Gazeta.ru, a VAZ-21099 crashed into the minibus that decided to make a U-turn. The VAZ got damaged as aÃÂ ...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
August 31, 2017
Deputy Head of the Yakut town of Mirny Alexey Kuznichenko, who oversees ... The official occupied the post of Deputy Head of Mirny in 2014.
The Siberian Times
August 31, 2017
... a summer high of 37C in Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic. The snowfall was especially strong in Udachny village, in Mirny district.
Dispatch News Desk
August 29, 2017
... in Yakutia indicates awful working conditions of mining industry and miners of Russia ... underground mine at Mirny city in the Republic of (Sakha) Yakutia. ... over two million miners are working in Russian mineral industry.
MINING.com
August 15, 2017
Search for four missing workers trapped at Russia's Alrosa mine fails ... Internatsionalny open-pit mine in Mirny, Yakutia (Image courtesy ofÃÂ ...
MINING.com
August 14, 2017
Russia's Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world's top diamond producer by ... the town of Mirny, eastern Siberia, won't affect its 2017 production target.
Nasdaq
August 14, 2017
Russia's Alrosa says 2017 output target unchanged despite accident - Ifax ... MOSCOW, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Russian state-controlled diamond miner ... deputy chief executive, told reporters in the town of Mirny, where the mineÃÂ ...
euronews
August 12, 2017
The mine, which is located near the town of Mirny in Yakutia, is owned by the state-run Alrosa diamond company, who said most of the trappedÃÂ ...
Xinhua
August 8, 2017
Eight remain missing after Russia's diamond mine flooding ... the pit was flooded, near the town of Mirny in Sakha Republic, Russia, August 4, 2017. ... of units of equipment on the spot, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
TASS
August 5, 2017
... rescued from the flooded Mir mine located in the town of Mirny, the Republic of Yakutia, a source in the Russian Emergencies Ministry's pressÃÂ ...
CNN
August 5, 2017
(CNN) Sixteen people are missing after a diamond mine in Russia ... "Mir" mine in the town of Mirny, in the Republic of Sakha, Eastern Siberia,ÃÂ ...
The Southern
August 4, 2017
... diamond mine, one of Alrosa's largest diamond deposits in Mirny, in Yakutsk region in Siberia, Russia. Russian officials say more then dozenÃÂ ...
Forum 18
July 24, 2017
CRIMEA: One year of Russian "anti-missionary" punishments ... Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014 and since then has imposed its laws on the .... in Yevpatoriya (15,000 Rouble fine) and Mirny (6,000 Rouble fine).
MINING.com
July 24, 2017
Russia's Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world's top diamond producer by output in carats, ... The miner, majority-owned by the Russian government, said ... Alrosa noted that production from its iconic Mirny division jumped by 13% toÃÂ ...
Rapaport
July 20, 2017
... rough diamonds this month at its processing plants in the Russian republic ... 3 of Alrosa's Mirny Mining and Processing Division in Yakutia in the ... company — 60 years of diamond mining in Russia, and 25 years of Alrosa.
MINING.com
July 19, 2017
Russia's Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world's top diamond producer by output ... carats was found at the company's' Mirny Mining and Processing Division. ... Both rocks, said the Russian miner, are octahedron crystals with smallÃÂ ...
TASS
July 15, 2017
MIRNY /Arkhangelsk region/, July 15. /TASS/. Russia has retained a leading role in the space sector, Russian Air Force's Commander-in-Chief Col Gen ViktorÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
February 14, 2017
Rossiya Segodnya's photo correspondent Valery Melnikov won a prestigious award at the World Press Photo 2017 with his series of photographs about the Ukrainian conflict.
The Siberian Times
February 7, 2017
He added: 'A big, big number of reindeer are being killed every year for subsistence, and some of my Russian colleagues will tell you that this is the primary cause of decline, along with climatic changes.
Deutsche Welle
February 2, 2017
Yuri Alekseyev used to be a lawyer in Moscow. Now he lives in a tent in the forest with a white rabbit named Petruschka. But the 'hobbit' is still in contact with the world - and has some interesting hobbies.
Irish Times
January 24, 2017
Dressed in a green leotard, blue tracksuit bottoms and a grey hoodie casually draped over her shoulders, the Russian ballerina is relieved to take a break from the company's rigorous daily rehearsal schedule.
Vanilla Magazine
September 20, 2016
A volte capire le relazioni che esistono fra diversi oggetti, creati o meno dall'uomo, aiuta a comprendere molto meglio la grandezza di alcuni progetti. L'intento di Kevin Wisbith, fondatore del canale Youtube "A Quick Perspective" e autore dei ...
Sputnik International
September 19, 2016
This summer, a team of young people from Russia and Canada also travelled on their bikes across Russia. The team started their trip in Moscow in late May and cycled almost 8,000 km, finishing their ride in one of the trip participants' hometown of ...
GrindTV (blog)
September 14, 2016
Brown_bear Russia boasts a healthy population of brown bears, but it's unclear what type of bear mauled the scientist. Photo (generic): Courtesy of Wikipedia.
Realnoe vremya
August 25, 2016
Having visited the building of the regional Extradepartmental Protection Directorate, a correspondent of Realnoe Vremya found no mentioning of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, that is to say, the National ...
Mining Global
August 24, 2016
Mir Mine, owned by Russian mining company Alrosa, is a remarkable 1,722 feet deep with a diameter almost a mile wide. The second largest mine in the world is located in eastern Siberia near the town of Mirny and has played a significant part in Russia ...
Construction.RU
August 17, 2016
... the section of Dubki - Levadki in Simferepol, the Russian Government's press office announced on Tuesday. In addition, a road to the airport terminal of Simferopol and a highway from Simferopol, through Yevpatoria to the town of Mirny have to be ...
TASS
August 15, 2016
MIRNY /Yakutia/, August 15. /TASS/. Alrosa, the world leader in diamond mining, has recovered a 136.24-carat diamond from Nyurbinskaya pipe, the company said in a press release on Monday.
The Fortnightly Review
July 11, 2016
Part of the USSR's 'Atom Mirny' or 'peaceful atom' program, this RBMK-1000 reactor installed at Chernobyl was three times larger than the average nuclear reactor in the United States.
Famagusta Gazette
July 11, 2016
A wildfire has spread and destroyed nearly 3,000 hectares of woods at a world natural heritage site in Yakutia in Russia's Far East, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported Monday. The wildfire, raging in the Lena Pillars Nature Park for two weeks ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
July 11, 2016
A woman sorts diamonds at an Alrosa facility in Mirny in the Siberian republic of Yakutia. ... Russia's economy is struggling due to weak crude oil prices and Western sanctions imposed after the 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and other ...
The Hindu
June 27, 2016
It took just three years for the Russian scientists and engineers to move the project from conception stage to operation. Referred to as AM-1, Atom Mirny (Russian for Peaceful Atom) was connected to an external grid and began operation on June 27, 1954.
The Hindu
June 27, 2016
It took just three years for the Russian scientists and engineers to move the project from conception stage to operation. Referred to as AM-1, Atom Mirny (Russian for Peaceful Atom) was connected to an external grid and began operation on June 27, 1954.
OutdoorHub
June 24, 2016
Childbirth can be an extremely stressful event for a new mother, but for one young woman in Russia, it got much more dangerous than usual.
