War for diamonds: An unequal battle
/ 24 July 2022

War for diamonds: An unequal battle

Illegal miners, who have been fighting to get mining permits, risk arrest and even death in confrontations between the police and security firms

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/ 27 March 2008

De Beers, Swarovski open flagships in Japan

Top jewellers De Beers and Swarovski on Thursday opened flagship stores in Tokyo in a bid to lure customers in the highly lucrative but increasingly saturated Japanese luxury market. De Beers, the British-South African diamond giant, and Switzerland’s Swarovski cut the ribbons on the stores blocks away from each other in Tokyo’s Ginza district.