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When Only Natural Diamonds launched the event on April 8, it generated 30 million social media impressions. Nicolas Chrétien, the initiative’s creator, talks about the importance of pausing and uniting the industry.

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17/06/2026

Diavik has mined its last diamonds.

After 23 years on Lac de Gras, the Northwest Territories mine is no longer an operating diamond producer. More than 150 million carats came out of the Arctic site before its economic reserves were exhausted.

Now comes the slower, quieter job.

Rio Tinto is moving Diavik through active closure, with major reclamation work expected to run from 2026 to about 2029. Buildings will be removed, disturbed ground will be cleaned up, and the mine’s engineered water barriers will eventually be breached so lake water can return to the open pits.

The goal isn’t to erase Diavik overnight.

It’s to leave the site stable enough for long-term monitoring, which could continue into the 2040s. That means the mine may be closed, but regulators, Indigenous governments, technical crews, and environmental teams will still be involved for years.

For workers, the change is brutal.

Diavik once supported hundreds of direct jobs and many more through contractors, aviation, catering, maintenance, logistics, and Indigenous-owned businesses. Some people will stay during closure. Many won’t.

That hits Yellowknife, Tłı̨chǫ communities, North Slave Métis families, and the wider Northwest Territories economy.

The mine’s closure agreements with Indigenous partners are meant to manage that landing, including jobs, training, contracts, and local oversight.

Diavik’s future is no longer diamonds.

It’s cleanup, accountability, and whether Canada’s North can replace one of its biggest industrial paycheques.

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17/06/2026

God's timing is never early, never late. Always perfect. The wait feels lighter when you meet God daily. A few minutes of guided prayer on the Theo app keeps my heart steady in His timing.

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Comment “Amen” if you're trusting His timing. 🙏

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Natural diamonds are forever timeless, authentic, and beautifully unique. Choose nature's masterpiece and let your brilliance shine.

12/06/2026

The Ellendale mine is here shown in its current state: totally dead.

It went from Tiffany jewellery counters to administration in a few brutal months.

Hidden in Western Australia's Kimberley region, about 100 kilometres east of Derby, Ellendale became famous for one thing: fancy yellow diamonds.

Not just a few.

At its peak, the field produced nearly half the world's annual supply of fancy yellow diamonds. That made it a strange Australian mining story, less about bulk tonnage and more about colour, scarcity and luxury branding.

Commercial mining ran from 2002 to 2015. The key pits, Ellendale 4 and Ellendale 9, turned an old lamproite diamond field into one of the world's best-known sources of rare yellow stones.

The mine's reputation grew even bigger after Tiffany & Co. secured a special supply agreement for Ellendale's premium fancy yellow production. For a while, the remote Kimberley mine had a direct line into the global jewellery elite.

Then the numbers cracked.

By 2015, Kimberley Diamond Company was dealing with weaker rough diamond prices, lower grades and poorer stone size distribution. The mine that once fed a luxury icon was suddenly selling stones for less than expected.

In July 2015, mining stopped. Kimberley Diamond Company entered administration, then liquidation. Ellendale's infrastructure was left behind, and one of Australia's most unusual diamond stories went quiet.

The fall wasn't caused by a lack of glamour.

It was caused by geology, grade, markets and debt catching up with the marketing.

Ellendale's tragedy is fairly simple.

It produced diamonds the world wanted to brag about.

But not enough money to keep the mine alive.

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Photo: Google Earth

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