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Rio Tinto stops operating at Argyle after 37 years – Australian Mining
Rio Tinto has reached its final day of mining at the iconic Argyle diamond mine in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia after 37 years of operations.
Argyle underground mining manager and operator at the underground portal for the last time. Image: Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto has completed its final day of mining at the iconic Argyle diamond mine in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The Argyle ore body was discovered in 1979 and mining of the alluvial and surface deposits commenced in 1983. Prior to 1998, no plans had been finalised for the mine to continue past 2002. But Rio Tinto’s decision to build an underground mine below the existing…
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