Jonathan Oppenheimer, a director of De Beers announced that De Beers will launch a $2 million project to improve the lives of the alluvial (or “informal”) diamond miners in Tanzania.

“De Beers does not have a business interest in informal mining, but we cannot sit idly by and watch millions of African miners and their families suffer.” says Openheimer.

-  [AFNS] NEW YORK, USA 26-09-06  

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