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Kimberley Process executive calls to redefine concept of conflict diamond
Kimberley Process leader Gillian Milovanovic has proposed a new definition of conflict diamonds to include acts of violence during his presentation at the opening of the 8th World Diamond Council (WDC) meeting in Vicenza, Italy.
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Should the blood diamond concept be applied to other minerals?
Cecilia Jamasmie | April 26, 2012Please go to our Facebook page and let us know if you think the blood diamond concept – where minerals from conflict zones are classified and monitored in a way similar to the Kimberley Process – should be applied to other minerals.
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Historic verdict: Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor guilty of war crimes and fuelling conflict with blood diamonds
Cecilia Jamasmie | April 26, 2012
Liberian ex-president, Charles Taylor, was convicted today of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds during the 1991-2002 civil war by a United Nations-backed court.
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Tantalum: A Bloody Future?
Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2009First there were "blood diamonds," the gems that fuelled conflict and human rights abuses in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Then there was "conflict cocoa," the chocolate source that is harvested by children and funds civil war in Ivory Coast. Now …
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Orezone Completes the Sale of Sega to Cluff Gold for $26.5M
Orezone Gold Corporation (ORE:TSX) is pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of its Sega Gold Project ("Sega") in Burkina Faso to Cluff Gold plc (Cluff) for total consideration of approximately US$26.5M.
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