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    Rock to Ring: Diamonds in Siberia

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    4. The diamond mining industry is critical to Yakutia's economy - and I found this picture of an incomplete ladder on the side of a building rather symbolic. There's a mixture of hope and torment: for there appears to be no way of getting on to the first rung of the ladder. Mirny's buildings are often bright and colourful - perhaps in a bid to lift morale in a place of total isolation and freezing temperatures. by: felixlowe Views[656] 5. Top of the ladder are people like Valeriya, the 'Madonna of Moscow'. Russia's biggest pop star is the face of Smolensk Kristall diamonds, the major Russian polished diamonds manufacturer which sources its diamonds from Alrosa. Here she takes a break from recording one of her music videos in Moscow. by: felixlowe Views[533] 2. The colourful, yet eerie control centre at one of Alrosa's diamond processing plants in Mirny. It takes 5-10 tons of ore to produced one carat of diamond rough. For a multi-billion-dollar industry, this office seems remarkably underwhelming. by: felixlowe Views[632]   

    Photos: My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

    Tuesday, 8 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    Diamonds conjure up images of war-torn Africa in many people's minds - and certainly not the freezing tundra of Siberia. Yet more than 25% of the world's diamonds - including some of the purest gemstones ever seen - are dug deep from Siberian soil.... Read more >
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