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Luanda Accord expands: marketing is a diamond's best friend?

Namibia joins natural diamond rescue operation, helping to fund the Natural Diamond Council (NDC)

Namibia’s Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy, Modestus Amutse, flanked by Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Diamantino Pedro Azevedo and Botswana's Minister of Minerals and Energy, Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, at the signing ceremony.

Namibia’s Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy, Modestus Amutse, flanked by Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Diamantino Pedro Azevedo and Botswana's Minister of Minerals and Energy, Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, at the signing ceremony. | Credits: James Stent / Mining Magazine

Namibia joined the ranks of the Luanda Accord at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town yesterday, growing the ranks of the mined-diamond marketing push funded by African countries and miners like De Beers. ...

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