The outcome is uncertain, Alrosa said
Rescuers have been unable to reach the area of an underground mine in Siberia where four of eight missing miners might have been working during a partial flood this month, Russian diamond producer Alrosa said on Tuesday.
Asked by Reuters whether the firm now believed the four miners were dead, Alrosa said it was too early to say whether there were any casualties because the location of the four miners at the time of the accident was only approximate.
The company is the world's largest producer of rough diamonds in carat terms. Together with Anglo American's De Beers the two firms produce about half of the world's rough diamonds.
