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The mining industry in Sierra Leone is the central focus of Kanye West’s 2005 single Diamonds from Sierra Leone. West speaks about the poor working conditions of the miners in Sierra Leone and the effect of the first world’s luxurious and expensive lifestyles on the third world mining industries in Africa, specifically the expensive ...
It is the second largest found in Sierra Leone, the largest being the Star of Sierra Leone, a 968.9-ct diamond discovered in 1972. The diamond appears to have a reddish stain coating it. The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources has attempted to clean it by "boiling (it) in hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid for 72 hours". [1]
The Government of Sierra Leone headed by the Minister of Natural Resources under the Administration of president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah originally granted a Mining Lease for the Tongo Diamond Field to Rex Diamond Mining Corporation Limited, a diamond mining and exploration company with its head office in Antwerp, Belgium.
After the end of the civil war in the Republic of Sierra Leone in 2002 and once the country had joined as a participant of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme in 2003, Koidu Limited was formed in 2003 and was the first commercial diamond mining company to invest in the development of the resource sector in the Republic of Sierra Leone, focusing initially on the kimberlite deposits at Koidu.
W hen the Chinese gold miners came to Masumbiri town in northern Sierra Leone, everyone lined up for jobs. Dayu, a private company that started working in Sierra Leone last year, was just the ...
The Ministry of Mineral Resources (MMR) in Sierra Leone is responsible for the management of minerals in accordance with the Mines and Minerals Act 2009. [1] Concessions for industrial mining (exploration and large-scale mining) is managed by the Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) in Freetown, while all artisanal mining licenses are managed by the MMR Regional Offices located in Bo, Kenema, Makeni ...
Sierra Leone Ministry of Mines Issues Licenses Permitting Oraco Resources to Commence Operations in Nimini Hills ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oraco Resources, Inc. (ORAC) announced that on ...
Peace Diamond [24] Sierra Leone: Artisanal mine: 2017: Graff Diamonds (bought for US$6.5m) [25] 692.3 [26] Botswana: Karowe Mine: 2023: Sold for US$13m after polishing. 650.8: The Jubilee South Africa: Jagersfontein Mine: 1895: Robert Mouawad 620: The Sefadu Sierra Leone: Diminco Mine: 1970: Lazare Kaplan 616: The Kimberley Octahedron South ...