On October 31, Vladimir Putin will take part via video linkup in the launch of the Verkhne-Munskoye diamond field located in the settlement of Oleneksky, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 170 km from the Alrosa Udachny Mining and Processing Division.
The field’s design capacity is estimated at three million tonnes of ore (1.8 million carat of diamonds) a year, and it is to be mined until 2042.