Diamond miners set for return to work

FORT COLLINS — Equipment at the Kelsey Lake diamond mine northwest of Fort Collins, idle since January, will run again under new ownership by early next year.

McKenzie Bay International Ltd., a mining company based in London, Ontario, Canada, has announced the purchase of Diamond Company NL of Fort Collins, a deal that will close before year’s end.

The local company, under the new name Great Western Diamond Co., will add equipment and retool its process during the next several months, and intends to rehire many of the workers who were laid off earlier in the year.

“We’ve got a lot of improvements…