A Comparative Analysis of Energy and Water Consumption of Mined versus Synthetic Diamonds

In our research, we analyzed the energy and water consumption in diamond mining and laboratory synthesis operations. We used publicly available reports issued by two market leaders, DeBeers and ALROSA, to estimate water and energy use per carat of a rough diamond. The efficiency of the two most popu...

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Main Authors: Vladislav Zhdanov, Marina Sokolova, Pavel Smirnov, Lukasz Andrzejewski, Julia Bondareva, Stanislav Evlashin
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e394976f52a4410a8877db75865ef485
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