While Rio Tinto stepped up production at Diavik in the first quarter of 2010, production at Argyle continues to slow down. The miner produced a total of 3,497,000 carats of diamonds in the quarter, a 21 percent decline compared to the preceding fourth quarter of 2009 and a 36 percent decline compared to the first quarter of 2009.
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