According to some historians, the name is derived from a firefight between diamond miners and smugglers in 1801.
Anglo American holds a 45 percent stake in De Beers, the world's biggest diamond miner.
The transaction was worth £3.2 billion ($5.1bn) in cash and ended the Oppenheimer dynasty's eighty year ownership of the world's largest diamond miner.
It is reported that diamond miners are exposed health risks and hazards, including malaria, dysentery, cholera and sexual diseases.
A small settlement appeared on the banks of the Paranaíba inhabited by diamond miners and fishermen.
The Kono are primarily diamond miners and farmers.
The Kono are primarily farmers and in some areas, alluvial diamond miners.
Following in his father's footsteps, Bockarie dropped out of secondary school to become a diamond miner.
Also good for diamond miners trying to smuggle out gems by bowel.
His conclusions are drawn from direct contact with the guerrillas and hungry diamond miners who drive his narrative.
