Murowa diamond mine

According to Johnson “the name "diamond" comes from the Greek word, "adamas" meaning unconquerable. Fittingly diamonds are made of pure carbon, and diamonds are the hardest natural substance known to man” (n.p). Diamonds are a symbol of love and coming in different colors and shape sizes as these gems can be transparent, truculent white, yellow, green, blue, or brown. The diamond is considered by many to be the “king of gems,” and in antiquity was often paired with the pearl as its queen.…

malicious, distinguishing traits can reveal the true nature of that society. In the novel, Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World 's Most Precious Stone, it focuses on societal behaviour in response to the Sierra Leone diamond trade. Therefore, the nature of society revealed in the novel, Blood Diamonds, is evil because of the…

(RUF) exploited and killed the innocent Sierra Leone villagers Briefly describe how the issue was portrayed. In the Blood Diamond movie, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) used the illegal ways to sell the diamonds for purchase its military operations. Revolutionary United Front (RUF) is very cruel to the villagers in Sierra Leone which treat them merciless in order to diamond panning for the purpose to exchange of arms and weapons. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had also kidnapped the…

The diamond industry employs 38,000 people, directly in Southern Africa, the main industrial location for diamonds). This employment provides shelter, food and clean water for people working in the mines. In South Africa, a rough 28,000 people are employed for cutting, mining, valuing, polishing, jewelry manufacturing, and retail. These few job opportunities open doors for workers to live under a roof, to get their kids educated, to obtain appropriate health care and much more. "We know that…

Blood Diamond This story is about a diamond smuggler mercenary and a man who had lost his family to rebels who kidnapped his son for work in a diamond mine. Blood diamonds are not named for their color, but rather because of the very real blood which is shed in order to mine them. when you wear a blood diamond on your hand, then you really do have blood on your hands. Campbell neatly ties into how blood diamonds end up on the ring finger of brides while their use has funded a war which has…

by the World Bank is the gold mine Yanacocha in Peru. The World Bank has funded the Yanacocha mine in order to help build and expand the mine. This gold mine is a very large operation. It is hundreds of square miles high and is as high as 13,000 feet. “Since 1993 this mine has produced more than 35 million ounces of gold. It is the largest gold mine in South America.” (Hallman and Olivera). The World Bank owns a small stake in the mine. “This gold mine has contributed $2.75 billion…

The concept of blood diamonds is one that people know too well, as a consequence, consumers have pushed back and demanded that all diamonds come from unethical suppliers. Gold has followed a similarly wrong turn, which leads to asking what the real price that we are paying for gold, is it merely the store tag or greater the ecological and social impact that we are leaving on the earth. From 2000 to 2010 the price of gold has grown exponentially, this has triggered a gold rush in Peru. The region…

reality of the diamond industry in Sierra Leone, there is a need to take a look back in its history. Sierra Leone was colonized by the English, in which, the De Beers Corporation controlled much of the diamond mining area in Sierra Leone. Despite gaining independence, the diamond sector was still controlled by the De Beers. De Beers took the advantage of the instability of the newly formed government, allowing it to take control of almost all of the diamond operations in “diamond mining region…

Illegal diamond smuggling has turned portions of modern Africa into underdeveloped and overridden with rebels. Fraught with the evils of greed and violence, Sierra Leone continues to suffer from the blood diamonds being smuggled out every day. Greg Campbell, the author of Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World’s Most Precious Stones, proclaims “The discovery of those diamonds-- which, until then, had been deemed to be just another worthless piece of gravel by the locals-- placed…

significance of engagement rings by including a graph of diamond imports by year in 1930 through 1963. In the graph there is a gradual increase in diamonds around 1935 to 1944, then there is a large increase in the imports of diamonds around 1950. This data shown on the graph helps the reader interpret the importance of engagement rings in the early and mid-1900’s. The author includes an ad for DeBeers as well that has a quote on it saying “Because a diamond is forever.” O’Brien also uses…