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By John Helmer in Moscow With the end of the year 2008, the last of the legendary diamond cartel deals has sunk back into the murk from which it originated when Cecil Rhodes created his African Diamond Syndicate in 1873. Forced three years ago by a ruling of the European Commission (EC) to halt trading […]

by John Helmer - Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
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By John Helmer in Moscow Alrosa, Russia’s state-owned diamond miner, has reported that rough sales this year have slipped by 1.1%, and will slip by ten times that margin in 2009. Alrosa, a wholly state owned shareholding company controlled by the federal government, does not issue production and financial results by the half-year or quarter. […]

by John Helmer - Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
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