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2022

2022

Stripping started in the new Magnitny open pit at the Verkhne-Munskoe field.
2021

2021

Stripping started at the new Mayskaya kimberlite pipe in the Nyurba District of Yakutia.
2021

2021

ALROSA established the Mirny and Nyurba MPD as the basis for the united Mirny and Nyurba MPD.
2020

2020

ALROSA united its cutting and polishing facilities in Moscow, Smolensk and Barnaul into a single production complex.
2019

2019

ALROSA presented the most expensive diamond in its history. An exceptionally rare pink diamond weighing 14.83 carats was named "The Ghost of the Rose" (The Spirit of the Rose) in honor of the one-act ballet, which became the most popular of all performances of Diaghilev's "Russian Seasons" in Paris.
Emmerson Mnangagwa, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and ALROSA CEO Sergey Ivanov
2019

2019

ALROSA launches operations in the Republic of Zimbabwe. ALROSA (Zimbabwe) Limited, a joint venture, owned by ALROSA and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), is established
2018

2018

Verkhnyaya Muna diamond deposit begins industrial operation
2018

2018

ALROSA opened a representative office in India (Mumbai)
2018

2018

The Mirny Polytechnic Lyceum opened the Company's corporate class - ALROSA Class.
2017

2017

Luaxe International Enterprise founded. The purpose of the enterprise is to exploit Luele, a large Kimberlite pipe in Angola. ALROSA contributes to the project through its Catoca subsidiary.
The establishment of the ALROSA branch in Vladivostok was an important step towards the creation of the Eurasian Diamond Center
2016

2016

ALROSA opens a branch in Vladivostok
2015

2015

ALROSA begins diamond extraction at the Botuobinskaya Kimberlite Pipe of the Nyurba Mining and Processing Division
2013

2013

Third section of the Aikhal underground mine begins operation
2013

2013

ALROSA offers its shares at the Moscow Exchange as part of company privatization
2011

2011

ALROSA becomes an open joint stock company. ALROSA shares are now traded freely in the financial market
2009

2009

ALROSA begins removing the overburden at the Karpinskogo-1 Pipe in the Arkhangelsk Region
2009

2009

Mir underground mine launched
ALROSA’s enterprises need electricity produced by Svetlinskaya HPP (Settlment of Svetly, 2004)
2008

2008

The 3rd hydroelectric unit of the Svetlinskaya HPP was put into operation
2005

2005

OJSC Severalmaz, a subsidiary of ALROSA, starts mining for diamonds in the Arkhangelsk Region
Processing plant No.16 is the core unit of the Nyurba MPD (Nakyn ore field, Yakutia, 2003)
2003

2003

Processing Plant No. 16 launched to service at the Nyurbinskaya Pipe. Nyurba Mining and Processing Division begins operation.
1997

1997

Plant owned by the Catoca Mining Company produces its first rough diamonds
1992

1992

PJSC ALROSA founded. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation «On Forming the Almazy Rossii — Sakha Company» No. 158S, dated February 19, 1992.
In the laboratory of the Yakutniproalmaz Institute (Town of Mirny, 1980s)
1991

1991

Mirny Mining and Processing Division founded.
Town of Lensk is also called the Gates of the Diamond Region (1980s)
1987

1987

The Yakutalmaz Association was reorganized into the Production and Scientific Association (PPO).
Demonstration in Mirny. Column of Mirny mine truck fleet passes the platform (1980s)
1986

1986

Aikhal Mining and Processing Division founded.
Drivers at the camp. Carrying cargo using «BelAZ» trucks from Bolshoy Never (Khabarovsk Territory) to the Western Yakutia (Town of Mirny, 1974)
1976

1976

First section of the Udachny Mining and Processing Division ready for operation.
Drilling derricks of geologists at the Udachnaya pipe deposit (Western Yakutia, 1960s)
1975

1975

Yubileinaya Pipe discovered
Processing Plant No. 2 (Town of Mirny, 1969)
1969

1969

The Yakutalmaz Trust was reorganized into a production department.
Builders of Aikhal, the new settlement for diamond miners (1968)
1967

1967

The Udachny Mine is founded. First rough diamonds processed at Processing Plant No. 11.
1967

1967

First section of the Vilyuiskaya HPP ready for operation.
In the early years of development of the diamond area the drivers were the heroes as they delivered goods to Mirny practically cross-country
1966

1966

First diamonds processed at Processing Plant No. 3 in Mirny.
The first buildings in the new village of Mirny at the Mir kimberlite pipe (1959)
1960

1960

Aikhal Pipe discovered.
The first manager of the Yakutalmaz trust, the hero of socialist labor, V. Tikhonov
1957

1957

Yakutalmaz Trust founded in order to oversee the construction and operation of diamond mining enterprises. V.Tikhonov is mentioned as its supervisor. Processing Plant No. 1 produces its first batch of industrial-grade rough diamonds within the same year
The helicopter arrives for geologist and explorers of the Amakinskaya Exploration Expedition (Western Yakutia, 1955)
1949 - 1954

1949 - 1954

First rough diamond found in Yakutia. G.Kh. Feinstein’s research group discovers the first diamond-bearing placer near the Vilyui River in Yakutia
Monument to the discoverers of the Yakut diamonds. Memorial complex «Vilyui ring» (Mirny)
1940s

1940s

The search that started was interrupted by the great Patriotic war, but then resumed. In the late 40s, several geological expeditions were sent to Siberia. Search group of geoscientists sought to find diamonds on the river Vilyui and its tributaries —Small and Large Botuobin.
Vladimir Sobolev
1930s

1930s

The first finds of individual diamonds in Russia date back to the XVIII century, but the constant scientific search for this stone began only in the late 30s of the last century. At that time, a monograph by the geologist Vladimir Sobolev on the geological similarity of South Africa and the Siberian platform was published.