Vol 49 No 24 | AFRICADIAMONDS Slowdown hits the sparklers 28th November 2008 New diamond mines no longer seem the prospect they once were The new poor do not buy diamonds, so the big producers hope to keep their profit margins up by cutting production. A conference on 17 November organised by...
Vol 49 No 8 | BOTSWANADIAMONDS Diamond power 11th April 2008 Economic diversification is the centrepiece of President Ian Khama's strategy and its first test will be in the diamond business. Botswana, the world's biggest producer of diamonds by...
Vol 49 No 1 | DIAMONDS Lev Leviev lands in London 11th January 2008 Russian-Israeli diamond billionaire Lev Leviev, who owns diamond cutting and polishing factories in Angola, Namibia and Russia, has moved to London, where he has just bought a £35...