RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Too good to hope for?"While Rio Tinto has previously said the mine would close in 2020, Jacques hinted it could be even sooner."
https://www.miningmonthly.com/life-cycle-end-of-life-management/news/1357841/argyle%E2%80%99s-diamond-digging-days-almost-done
The Argyle mine produced 14 million carats in 2018 which is about 10% of the total world production. However, the large majority of Argyle diamonds are small and low in quality and color, but highly valuable Argyle pink and red diamonds have made the mine economic.
Gerrywerry wrote: Better prices for our diamonds going forward as other diamond mines near the end of life which should start having an effect in 2020 .