[miningmx.com] – DIAMOND producer, De Beers, is use machines in an effort to replace labour and cut costs, said Reuters citing the group’s CEO, Philippe Mellier and another senior executive, Verda Shine.
Ideas to cut costs included a new automatic grading machine, which would “get rid of the human element” in grading diamonds, the newswire service said.
“We currently have a big project that is looking at integrating the mining companies processes and systems together with the midstream sorting operations all the way to sales,” Shine said.
“(We need) to make sure that we are able to become leaner and more flexible because the world is much more volatile today.”
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