Alrosa increased its diamond production by 8% to 32.4 million carats in 2021. Ore and sands processing increased by 4% to 30.9 mln tons. The average diamond grade in ore increased by 4% to 1.05 ct. Sales rose by 42% to 45.5 million carats. Diamond reserves as of December 31, 2021 amounted to 8.8 million carats, having decreased by 2.4 times year-on-year.

Alrosa in 2021 sold rough and polished diamonds worth $4.169 billion in value terms, up 49% from $2.8 billion a year earlier.

Alrosa in 11M 2021 sold $3.915 billion worth of rough and polished diamonds, up 71.7% from $2.28 billion a year earlier.

Alrosa started stripping operations at the Mayskaya kimberlite pipe in the Nyurba district of Yakutia. After reaching the design capacity of 300 thousand tons of ore, production will be about 1 million carats of diamonds per year. The ore will be processed at Plant No. 16 of the Nyurba Mining and Processing Division. The total resources of the deposit amount...