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Sierra Leone President Upbeat on Diamonds
Jan 16, 2017 10:34 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma spoke
optimistically of the nation’s future in the diamond industry on a visit to the
Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE).
“Even though the alluvial diamond deposits [in Sierra Leone]
are shrinking, there are still diamonds in kimberlite pipes which could be
mined,” President Koroma was cited as saying in a note on the
Israeli Diamond Industry website. "We want to continue to be active in the
global diamond industry, and we’ll continue to make sure that investors get
good return on their investments, as long as Sierra Leone gets its share as
well, naturally.”
Sierra Leone joined
the Kimberley Process (KP) in 2003 following the end of its civil war. The country produced 500,000
carats of rough diamonds in 2015, down from 620,181 carats in 2014, according
to the KP.
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Tags:
Ernest Bai Koroma, Israel, Israel Diamond Exchange, Rapaport News, Sierra Leone
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