Diamonds occur in many colours, shapes, sizes and transparencies. Sometimes they just look like sand (well, expensive, very expensive sand, as a lowly 10 USD/carat stone is worth more than gold – currently hovering 1.200 USD/oz); or else diamonds may be broken (chips), dotted in the inside with other minerals, eroded or pitted at the … Continue reading Diamonds from Diamantina – MG, Brazil
On the up – Angolan diamonds
The report’s latest spin-off has been published in yesterday’s edition of the Mining Journal. For those of you less patient, the article is only two-pages long. On the up by Luís Chambel – Look for it in your copy or online. You can also get the full “One century of Angolan diamonds” here. Acabou de … Continue reading On the up – Angolan diamonds
One century of Angolan diamonds – a report
One century of Angolan diamonds After many months of hard work, the report was released. The report organizes information about the Angolan diamond industry (the deposits, the mines and prospects, the global market, regulatory and economical settings and the key institutions). This information was previously either disperse, unpublished or only available in Portuguese language sources. … Continue reading One century of Angolan diamonds – a report
