City: Peace
Region: Republic Of Sakha (Yakutia)
Country: Russia
One of the world's largest quarrying diamond mining
The handset is in Yakutia, the city of peace. This city is considered the diamond capital of Russia.
The depth of the kimberlite pipe "Mir" is about 525 meters, the top diameter of 1200 meters, the length of the spiral of the Congress about 8 kilometers.
Here were extracted diamonds for the sum more than 17 billion dollars. According to estimates of international experts, the Yakut diamonds are recognised as the best in the world.
Until 2001 works at the facility was conducted in an open way, but because of the great depth, representing danger to workers, the decision was made to transition to the mines closed. Currently, the quarry turned into a local city landmark.
