‘Diamond mining under threat’

CAPE TOWN — The diamond mining industry is under serious threat from spotless synthetic diamonds produced in factories.

Namibia Desert Diamonds chief executive officer Kennedy Hamutenya, speaking at the ongoing Mining Indaba here said the Southern African region should join hands and fight the synthetic diamond industry as it was a threat to economic development on the continent.

“We need to join hands as an industry, come together against synthetic diamonds, the same way we have done with conflict diamonds.

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