Alrosa is considering new acquisitions of gold mining assets, said the head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev. Gold mining is a priority area of Alrosa's diversification, although the company is also exploring projects for the extraction of polymetals. Earlier, Alrosa had already acquired a large gold mining project in the Magadan region — the Degdekan deposit. It...

Alrosa has started work on the Karpinsky-2 diamond tube in the Arkhangelsk region. This is the third of six kimberlite pipes in the Lomonosov diamond deposit. Total reserves of the pipe exceed 40 million tons of diamond-bearing ore.

About half of Gokhran's total purchases in 2025 will be diamonds, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev said. The federal budget for 2025-2027 provides for up to 154.5 billion rubles for the purchase of precious metals and precious stones by Gokhran.

Alrosa's stake in Angola's Catoca project has been transferred to Taadeen, which is owned by Oman's Sovereign Wealth Fund, according to data on the Catoca website. Russian company owned 41% of Catoca shares. Alrosa was forced to withdraw from the project due to international sanctions imposed against Russia.