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Blood Diamonds and the Kimberly Process Five Years Later
Claudia Gheorghe | September 1, 2008
Diamonds are one of the crystalline forms of carbon, the hardest substance known. The name "diamond" comes from the Greek "adamas," meaning "invincible." Diamonds were formed billions of years ago, deep within the earth. They are created when carbon is …
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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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