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Distress in the $80 Billion Diamond Market

Plunging diamond prices are causing hardship for people throughout the global supply chain from big mining operators in Africa, Russia and Canada to small-scale cutters and traders across Europe and Asia.
Diamond mine in Northern Russia | Source: Shutterstsock
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  • Kati Chitrakorn

BASEL, Switzerland

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