Early in his career he devised a contraption capable of distinguishing certain mineral signatures underground, and he later ...

Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, is an isolated mining town built on gold and now sustained by diamonds—an outpost of civilization surrounded by a vast, austere landscape ...

Rio Tinto's Diavik Diamond Mine is about 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. According to the company's website, it has been in operation since 2003. The incident has been "very devastating ...