diamonds

India’s Diamond City is reeling from the war in Ukraine

Ukraine

Sanctions on Russian diamonds, imposed in response to the war in Ukraine, have damaged business in Surat, India’s diamond polishing hub. Many of the city’s diamond artisans from lower-income communities have become collateral damage in a tussle between the West and Russia.

Companies like the Diamond Foundry can manufacture a high-quality diamond in about two weeks.  It takes the Earth about a billion years to do it the traditional way.

Diamond labs say theirs are forever too — even if they were made yesterday

Business
Screenshot of man beating another man, who is on the ground

New footage shows diamond diggers being tortured with a machete in Angola

Conflict