Diamond Trade

Part I:
The Diamond Trail


Part II:
The Industry


Part III:
The Future


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WEDNESDAY JULY 12 2000


Between a rock and a hard place

By Andrew Parker, Sathnam Sangera and Francesco Guerrera

Fatal Transactions In the final part of its series,
the FT asks whether diamonds
could fall foul of consumers in
the same way as the fur trade.

A hybrid coalition is calling for
reform of the diamond industry.
The British government, United
Nations and the mining giant
De Beers are among the unlikely
campaigners.


Between a rock and a hard place
Teflon Canadian tries to make UN’s diamond sanctions stick

Discussion
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