Russia's Alrosa, the world's biggest diamond producing company, has started construction of a giant new mine to replace one closed by flooding that killed eight people in 2017, regional authorities said.
The Mir mine accounted for about 9% of Alrosa's annual diamond output before the shutdown. The new project at the site will be called Mir-Gluboky and will yield roughly the same output as the old one, Marinychev said.
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