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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Zimbabwe has started withdrawing soldiers from diamond fields in the east of the country after recommendations by the Kimberly Process and criticism over rights abuses, state media reported today. The government deployed soldiers at the poorly secured diamond fields in Marange last year to seal off the area and clamp down on illegal mining, but rights activists say this resulted in serious rights abuses...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
SOUTH African scrap metal company, New Reclamation Group Limited, owned by Old Mutual Plc, is seeking to form a joint venture in Zimbabwe to mine diamonds in Marange.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
VANCOUVER, BC (MARKET WIRE) North American Gem Inc. (NAG) (TSX-V: NAG) is pleased to announce an agreement with Durabo Drilling of Corbin, Kentucky for the drilling of the leases recently acquired from Lonesome Pine Leasing known as the North American Gem Mining Permit #3 and the North American Gem Mining Permit #4. The permitting process is currently underway for both North American Gem Mining Permit...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
[JURIST] Human rights abuses in Zimbabwe's diamond mining industry were on the agenda Monday at the annual meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP), the global organization dedicated to suppressing trade in so-called "conflict diamonds." The objective of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is to curtail trade in conflict diamonds, or rough diamonds used by insurgencies to finance...
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The Reaction (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
By Capt. Fogg Pat Robertson -- where do I begin? I don't know whether his record speaks worse of American stupidity or of his character. No, I'm not talking about the soliciting of funds for relief in Rwanda that actually were spent on Diamond mining operations in Zaire with dictator President Mobutu Sese Seko and to benefit other African genocidal madmen. I'm not talking about questionable use of...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The Madhya Pradesh government has accorded a prospecting licence for diamond mining to an exploration and production subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited.
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Alrosa, Russia's largest diamond miner, said on Thursday it sold diamonds worth $1.73 billion in January-October 2009.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
A leading South African investigative television series has revealed that a business firm in that country is involved in illegal diamond mining at Zimbabwe's Chiadzwa diamond fields.
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The Israeli Diamond Industry (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Canada is the youngest player in the world of diamond mining. In the last decade, Canada's diamond production gained from scratch to becoming the third largest in the world, with only 4 mines: Ekati, Diavik, Snap Lake and Victor, who just won the title "the mine of the year". The Canadian production has reached 10% of the global supply in means of carat and 14% in terms of American dollars....
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
John Rudd was born to a dynastic connection with De Beers, the South African diamond mining giant founded by Cecil Rhodes and C.D. Rudd, John's great-grandfather. His father, Bevil Rudd, had not followed C.D. Rudd's son into De Beers but had achieved fame by winning a gold medal at the 1920 Olympics and breaking the 400 metres world record a year later. Born in Kimberley, where the family home is...
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Sarkari Naukri-Govt, Bank ,Psu Jobs (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
NMDC Limited Diamond Mining Project, Majhgawan, Panna 488101 Notification No. DMP/PER/2009/01 NMDC Limited requires for its Diamond Mining Project situated in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, suitable candidates having intense drive for excellence with high level of motivation and commitment. The appointments will be on contract basis, initially for a period of Five years. Job Details 1. Junior...
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Studiopjj (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
A recent report issued by RBC Capital Markets titled 'Diamonds - Where Will All the Rough Come From?' was intriguing. Expect price corrections short/long term. Another interesting fact was that about 90% of all rough diamond production comes from De Beers, Rio Tinto, Alrosa and BHP Billiton. Finding new deposits takes years and is costly as diamonds are so scarce; for example, the Ekati mine took 10...
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The Israeli Diamond Industry (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
In April 2008 a shipwreck was discovered at the beach of Sperrgebiet. A geologist working for De Beers , which owns the diamond mining operation in the area, found a copper ingot lying in the sand. The ingot was embedded with a trident-shaped mark, which was eventually recognized as the hallmark of Anton Fugger, one of Renaissance Europe's wealthiest financiers. The archaeologists who arrived at the...
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Personal Money Store (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Petra Diamonds strikes pay dirt Image of the baseball-sized 530 carat Star of Africa from Wikimedia. An independent diamond mining company near Pretoria, South Africa, has found a 507 carat diamond. The large stone was found in the Cullinan Mine last week. After a rough year in the diamond business, Financial Times reports this discovery could single-handedly improve the finances of Petra Diamonds....
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