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Lucapa Targets 1,100ct. Diamonds with New Tech
Oct 27, 2016 10:49 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company said it started commissioning
of XRT processing technology modules that enable discovery of supersized stones
at its Lulo mine in Angola.
The machinery, with larger, 55 millimeter
screens, provides capacity to produce rough diamonds weighing up to 1,100
carats. It is also more efficient at recovering low-luminescing type-IIa
diamonds, Lucapa said.
The miner’s record discovery from the Lulo
mine to date was the 404-carat ‘4th February Stone,’ which it sold for $16
million. The new XRT stream will be used to process a stockpile of about
19,000 bulk cubic meters of oversize material that has been amassed by Lulo
mining company Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo since February.
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large diamonds, lucapa, Lucapa Diamond Company, mining, Mining equipment, Rapaport News, technology, XRT, XRT technology
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