Background/history What is a conflict diamond? Diamonds from peace countries which are most likely third world countries‚ are controlled by the government. Its industry monitors the imports to avoid conflict diamonds to be imported to their country (Natural Resources Canada: The Canadian Diamond Industry). Diamonds that are imported from conflict countries are called blood diamond or conflict diamonds because they are retrieved from war zone and traded in the black market to fund rebel fighters
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Diamond Mines in South Africa TEAM D Eugene Patton‚ James Pruitt‚ John Morawa‚ Kenneth Miller‚ Nicholas Nauroth‚ and Shemika McWilliams DeVry University Online April 13‚ 2011 Diamond Mines in South Africa South Africa’s Culture‚ Government‚ Economy‚ and religion of South Africa (Shemika McWilliams) Diamond mining in South Africa is the main force behind the country’s economy but this has not always been the case. South Africa’s large diamond mining industry started with the discovery of
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To analyse the specific activities through which firms can gain a competitive advantage‚ it is useful to model the firm as a chain of value creating activities. For this purpose‚ Porter identified a range of interrelated generic activities common to a wide range of firms. The resulting model is known as the value chain. According to Porter (1985)‚ " Competitive Advantage arises out of the way firms organise and arrange discrete activities". Through using the Value Chain‚ the activities performed
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Today‚ diamonds are the most valuable stones in the world not only because of their beauty‚ but also because of their utility. Diamonds are not only specifically cut for use in jewelry‚ but they are also used for special cutting tools like saw blades and drills because the stones are extremely hard and durable. Like everything else in the world‚ diamonds come with a cost and often times the environment and the people in communities surrounding diamond mines foot the bill. Diamond Mining Means Destruction
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What is meant by Blood Diamonds (or conflict diamond)? How‚ as portrayed in the video‚ does it impact on political‚ economic and ethical stability? It is sad to witness the abuse and unfair treatments of the poor people in countries such as Africa have to undergo in order to make some money. Also it is sad to know that after all that hard work these people put into what they do‚ these diamonds are smuggled and used to fund illegitimate activities. The Blood Diamond conflict has had serious
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24th‚ 2008 Geology MW 7:45 Extra Credit Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend A diamond is considered to be one of the most precious and rare stones on earth. These stones “are rare for three reasons: they form deep within the Earth in very localized places beneath continents‚ an extremely unusual kind of volcanic activity is needed to bring [diamonds] to the surface‚ and only about 20 per cent of them are gem quality” (Fleet‚ Hart‚ Wall 23). Not all diamonds are good enough to sell for jewelry purposes
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Diamonds are Forever (from Sierra Leone)‚ Kanye West The famous song “Diamonds are Forever (from Sierra Leone)” is not only a good song that is sung by a legendary music artist‚ Kanye West‚ but it is a hidden message political song that is directly talking about the precious blood diamonds from the southern countries of the continent Africa. When someone hears the two words “blood diamond‚” most would probably assume that the diamonds are from Africa and that there are many people who die trying
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taken and ends up as a slave in one of the country’s diamond mines. The diamonds that are dug up are usually the size of small beads‚ but one day‚ Solomon finds one that is much bigger than the usual diamond. Solomon sneaks away to bury it but he gets caught by the boss Poison. At that moment‚ the diamond mine is attacked by the government and Solomon ends up in prison. This is where he meets Danny Archer. Archer has been arrested for smuggling diamonds out of the country. Captain Poison is put in the
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Diamond Coated Machine Tooling An Empirical Research Report Timothy J. Johnson April 12th‚ 2007 ME595 – Manufacturing Tribology Oakland University Introduction Diamond is the hardest material known to man‚ in this day and age. Typically‚ diamonds have been known to demonstrate hardness values up to 12000 HV (Vickers Hardness) or approximately 100HRC. Diamond-coated Tungsten Carbide tools have demonstrated improved machining characteristics over coated tool steels commonly used today
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Dust to… Diamonds? Grand romantic dedications to departed loved ones might seem the stuff of movies. Works of art and literary prose are not typically a part of funeral arrangements. The subject of death makes most of us uncomfortable‚ and we would rather stick to interring our loved ones’ remains in the ground and ordering flowers than get too far out of the box. One company aims to change that EverDear & Co.‚ based in the US‚ specializes in the creation of something called “memorial diamonds.” Real
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