A view of Botuobinsky diamond mining pit of Nakyn diamond ore field, some 340 kms North-East from the town of Mirny on July 2, 2019. The Botuobinsky diamond mining pit has now depth of 130 meters, with a project depth of 580 meters, having 6,2 carats of diamonds per one tonne of kimberlite ore in this pipe. Russian Alrosa gets its diamonds in the permafrost abyssal holes dug with explosives in the permanently frozen ground of Yakutia, an isolated region in East Siberia, the home to the huge diamond deposits that ensure Russia's supremacy in world production. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP / Getty Images)