ApnaBundelkhand.com, New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region may soon become home to one of
the world’s largest diamond mines.
Global mining firm Rio Tinto is expected to invest Rs 2,200 crore in a
diamond exploration project in Chhatarpur district, 400 km northeast of
Bhopal.
The Rio Tinto-owned Argyle diamond mine in Australia is the world’s
biggest diamond producer, averaging an annual production of 35 million
carats (7,000 kg) of diamond.
Chhatarpur’s Bunder field has about 37 million tonne of diamond
reserves.
The process of approval for providing an exploratory licence to Rio
Tinto is in its final stages with the Union ministry of mines. The site
of the proposed project is near the state-owned National Mineral
Development
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