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Ekati Diamond Mine was created in 1998.
MegaStructures - 2004 Diamond Diggers Ekati Diamond Mine 2-8 was released on: USA: 27 July 2005
The Ekati is Canada's first diamond mine, located a little south of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories. It is 80% owned by BHP Billiton, a 'global leader in the resources industry', according to their Web site, below.
Diamonds from any source are transported in secret, under high security and are highly unlikely to be detectable among a group of commercial transport paradigms. You can read more about the mine, below.
Canada trades with many countries, but its biggest trading partner is the U.S.. Others include: China United Kingdom Japan Mexico Germany Netherlands South Korea Vietnam France Algeria Norway
Diamond mines are discovered, not invented.From the Wikipedia page for the mine:The first volcanic pipe found in the Lac de Gras region was the Point Lake kimberlite, discovered by Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson who had been prospecting in the region for almost ten years, having found kimberlite indicator minerals as early as 1985."
The Diamond Mine was created in 2005.
You can mine diamonds in the Arkansas Diamond Mine, in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, as below.
The largest diamond mine in area is in Botswana, in Africa: The Orapa diamond mine. Read more about it, below.
There are 11 major producing diamond countries in the world today. The Catoca Diamond Mine in Angola, for example, is the 4th largest diamond mine in the world and is one of about 35 active diamond mines in Africa, Russia, Australia, Borneo, and Canada.
They mine for diamond, gold, and copper
You can use an iron, gold, or pre-existing diamond pickaxe to mine diamond ore or diamond blocks