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Old 06-14-2010, 07:46 PM   #25
Slava
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Originally Posted by Flashpoint View Post
And Africa has some of the richest diamond deposits in the world. It simply isn't helpful when your government can't find it's ass with both hands.
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Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers View Post
The diamond industry has its own wacky economics.
I don't think that the economics of the industry are the sole reason here. No investor is going to put money towards these projects with no certainty of getting their money back. Mining is risky enough, never mind the geo-political issues to work against you.
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