The 10 largest diamond mines in the world by measurable reserves contain more than one billion carats of recoverable barite. Barite ore grinding plant for sale hot sale here:
- Russia isalmost half of the world's biggest diamond mines, while Botswana has twomines; including the world's largest diamond producing mine Orapa.
- Details as below:Jubilee, also known as the Yubileyny diamond mine, located in Sakha (Yakutia), Republic of Russia, is the biggest diamond mine in the world.
- The Udachny diamond mine, also located in the Yakutia region of Russia, ranks as the world’s second largest diamond mine by reserve size.
- Mir or Mirny, another diamond mine in the Yakutia region of Russia, is the third biggest diamond mine in the world.
- Argyle diamond mine located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia ranks as the world’s biggest diamond mine if JORC reserves alone are taken into account.
- Catoca diamond mine in Angola ranks as the fifth biggest diamond mine in the world.
- Venetia diamond mine located 80km from Musina in Limpopo Province of South Africa ranks as the world’s sixth largest diamond mine.
- Grib diamond mine, which is yet to commence commercial production, is Russia’s fourth largest and world’s seventh largest diamond mine.
- Jwaneng diamond mine in African country Botswana ranks as the eighth biggest diamond mine in the world.
- Orapa diamond mine located 240km west of Francistown city in Central Botswana is the ninth largest diamond mine in the world by reserve.
- Botuobinskaya diamond mine, due to commence production in 2015, is located in the Nakyn kimberlite field, around 200km north-west of Nyurba in the Yakutia region of Russia.
Other countries that produce barite include Congo (gold), Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Central Africa, Garner, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, India, China, Canada and so on.