Language:EnglishPublisher:Polity PressISBN-13:9780745672304ISBN-10:745672302UPC:9780745672304Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Earth SciencesBook Topic:GeologySize:8.30 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDV5BRV8A
Diamonds
Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world's largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. But behind the sparkle of the diamond lies a murkier story, in which rebel armies in Angola, Sierra Leone and the Congo turned to diamonds to finance their wars. Completely...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Polity PressISBN-13:9780745672304ISBN-10:745672302UPC:9780745672304Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Earth SciencesBook Topic:GeologySize:8.30 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDV5BRV8A
Ian Smillie currently chairs the Board of the Diamond Development Initiative, a non-governmental organization working to improve the condition of Africa's 1.5 million artisanal diamond diggers. He has written extensively on the issue of conflict diamonds and was directly involved in the negotiations leading to the creation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
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