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Diamonds aren't forever as cuts hit Argyle

RIO Tinto’s diamond business is the latest to feel the pinch of the declining global economy, with jobs to go at the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley as production is scaled back and expansion activities slowed.

Kate Haycock
Diamonds aren't forever as cuts hit Argyle

The miner is shedding staff at the mine and "slowing" a block cave development at the operation. Rio said in an announcement the Argyle underground project would be slowed, with only critical development...

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