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he spent so much time attempting to restrict the impact of television that in the end , his efforts only accentuated the significance of the events in the streets of romania .


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clearly , television has played a central role in the dramatic changes that have swept eastern european countries in recent months .


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but in romania , the national television complex in bucharest was even more central to the remarkable events that drove a dictator from power .


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the romanian national television complex is located in a stately residential neighborhood of embassies and villas in north bucharest .


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on may 29 in the early evening hours at the three-way border of romania , yugoslavia and hungary , a 28-year-old romanian citizen , lionte gheorge , was fleeing premier ceausescu 's communist rule .


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on june 3 , he recommended continuation of romania 's most-favored-nation tariff status for another 12 months .


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on april 30 the house voted 232 to 183 , and on june 26 the senate voted 57 to 36 to suspend romania 's most-favored-nation status for six months .


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to regain full access to u.s. markets the amendments would require romania to sharply decrease religious persecution ; improve conditions for ethnic minorities , specifically hungarians ; and meet the tests of the jackson - vanik amendment on freedom of emigration .


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what america does has implications for european governments .


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but the gains in romania have been grudging and minor , while in important ways the country has grown worse .


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on romania there is no reason why president reagan should continue to leave the high road on this issue to congress .


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he has the right under existing law to suspend romania 's most-favored-nation status , as he had the right to act on poland 's trade status .


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china dominates world tungsten production and has frequently been accused of dumping tungsten on western markets .


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then china , now the world 's biggest producer , continued to pump large quantities of the metal into export markets .


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even in china , the world 's biggest producer , mine production has more than halved since the late 1980s to less than 20,000 tonnes in 1993 .


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-lrb- tokyo asahi shimbun 8 mar 94 p 11 -rrb- financial issues - chinese provinces urge japanese banks to set up branches -- provincial and municipal governments in china 's interior areas have requested that japan 's major commercial banks , such as sanwa and sumitomo , establish branches and representative offices in their jurisdictions , according to the 10 march nikkei kinyu shimbun .


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in the past , japanese banks have focused on china 's coastal areas , where japanese companies have made conspicuous inroads , but now they are responding to requests made by city and provincial governments in inland areas and are seriously looking into setting up offices there .


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despite the fact that investment by japanese companies in these regions is still rather limited , the banks are now seriously considering where to set up offices in china 's interior areas .


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sumitomo bank is offering seminars to financial institutions in beijing to enhance its presence there , while the presidents of the bank of tokyo and mitsubishi bank recently visited china and appealed to the mayor of beijing for authorization to establish branches .


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china to authorize japanese banks to use yuan - japanese banks will be authorized to use the chinese yuan , but initially only for deposit-taking functions , according to the 8 march nikkei kinyu shimbun .


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the people 's bank of china has not specified how deposits will be obtained or precisely when the deposit-taking functions will begin , but major japanese commercial banks understand from discussions with the people 's bank that they will be able to start taking yuan -based deposits sometime in the spring or summer of 1994 .


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the ministry of finance has continued to press the chinese government to authorize japanese banks to use the chinese currency because the recent change in china 's foreign exchange system is having an adverse effect on japanese banks doing business there , according the 4 february nikkei kinyu .


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when a japanese company operating in china sells yuan and buys a foreign currency , it must first transfer the money to the people 's bank of china , where the japanese bank has an account , thereby making it more troublesome for the company to use a japanese rather than a chinese bank .


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according to the 8 march nikkei kinyu , some people assert that authorization to use the yuan is a `` matter of life or death '' for japanese banks in china , and the recent indication that the yuan can be used for deposit-taking functions is being interpreted by japanese banks as the `` first step '' toward full banking operations .


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takazawa reports that the firm , which initially exported only foodstuffs and ginseng tea to japan , now trades in more than 30 products -- including construction materials , steel , cement , automobiles , and agricultural products -- with japan , china , and some southeast asian and european countries .


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china accounts for `` just under 70 percent `` of toshiba 's exports , nikkei sangyo notes .


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-lrb- tokyo nikkei sangyo shimbun 3 mar 94 p 6 -rrb- china : domestic developments - guangzhou 's 1993 economic growth maintains double-digit increase -- guangzhou city continued its rapid economic development in 1993 with the `` overwhelming majority '' of its principal aggregate production quotas achieving double-digit growth , thus overfulfilling the city 's annual plan .


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-lrb- guangzhou nanfang ribao 13 feb 94 p 1 -rrb- outlook for auto industry in 1994 - china produced 1,280 , 000 cars in 1993 , fulfilling 116.4 percent of the annual plan .


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at the end of 1993 , china possessed 8,200 , 000 vehicles , but about 1 million old vehicles need to be scrapped or replaced .


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china plans to replace 250,000 vehicles in 1994 , mainly mid-size freight cars and sedans .


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china has adopted severe measures to crack down on car smuggling , reorganize border and barter trade , and limit imports .


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the no. 1 auto group will supply 180,000 vehicles , the dongfeng group 210,000 , the heavy vehicle group 20,000 , china automobile company 80,000 , the beijing company 130,000 , the tianjin company 110,000 , the shanghai company 110,000 , the jinbei company 40,000 , and converted defense enterprises 140,000 .


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-lrb- hong kong south china morning post -lrb- business post -rrb- 16 mar 94 p 5 -rrb- guizhou defense enterprises support rural enterprises - rural enterprises in guizhou province have set their sights on the personnel , technology , equipment , products , and market superiority of defense enterprises .


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-lrb- beijing zhongguo xinwen she 0811 gmt 5 mar 94 -rrb- guangxi regional airline set for 28 march launch - guangxi province plans to establish a new regional airline company , guangxi airline co. ltd. , a joint venture between guangzhou -based china southern airline and the nanning -based guangxi zhizhuang holding co. , beginning operations 28 march .


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shanghai now has 26 foreign financial companies , the largest number in china .


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forty four of china 's 500 joint ventures with the highest sales volumes are located in shanghai .


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the role of prc -funded firms in stoking the hong kong real estate market has attracted the scrutiny of chen yuan , vice president of the people 's bank of china and son of elder leader chen yun .


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highlighting concerns that badly needed capital is being diverted from china to earn quick profits in hong kong , chen yuan stated that china faced a shortage of foreign exchange and construction capital , and he had a `` disapproving attitude '' towards prc -funded entities speculating in the hong kong real estate market .


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however , chen yuan said that it was normal for prc -funded enterprises in hong kong to buy office buildings and residences for their staff , adding that the bank of china ran its banking business in hong kong independently , determining its scale of mortgage lending according to the market situation .


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chen yuan also noted that the people 's bank of china was not paying any special attention to the issue .


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zhongguo tongxun she at 1400 gmt on 17 march cites lu ping , in remarks to a group of hong kong delegates to the national people 's congress , as saying that china - funded enterprises should refrain from actions detrimental to hong kong 's prosperity and stability .


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taiwan 's jun tai group and the shanghai international trust and investment company are organizing a `` shanghai development fund `` with $ 150 million to invest in enterprises in shanghai ; the u.s. -based boston pacific technology and investment fund is cooperating with financial organizations on the mainland to set up funds to invest in projects in shanghai ; and the u.s. -based multinational ge financial services has joined other companies to promote a $ 50-million china industrial investment fund .


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in addition , a china fund aimed at investing in high-tech projects is likely to be established this year , while 34 state enterprises and financial organizations on the mainland are discussing the idea of establishing a `` chinese enterprises development fund `` in beijing with a hong kong company .


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-lrb- beijing zhongguo xinwen she 0808 gmt 5 mar 94 -rrb- wholesale grain , oil markets show rapid development - china 's wholesale markets for grain and vegetable oil have shown rapid development and there are now two state-level markets , the zhengzhou wholesale grain market and the shanghai grain and vegetable 0il exchange .


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-lrb- hong kong south china morning post -lrb- business post -rrb- 8 mar 94 p 3 -rrb- guangdong governor wants more foreign banks , cites funds shortage - guangdong governor zhu senlin says that his province is suffering from a shortage of funds and will try to absorb at least $ 10 billion in foreign investment .


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he also said that guangdong should try to attract more foreign banks and china -funded banks in hong kong and macao to set up branches in the province .


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zhu requested the head office of the people 's bank of china to consider easing the number of foreign banks allowed into guangzhou .


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zhu wanii , governor of the guangdong branch of the people 's bank of china , said that guangdong should make better use of the fund management experience and skills of hong kong and macao .


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china mainly imports steel , coal , wool , gold , and raw materials from south africa and exports textiles and electrical goods .


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-lrb- hong kong zhongguo tongxun she 0953 gmt 13 mar 94 -rrb- taiwan company invests in fujian , shanghai - taiwan 's leading warehousing enterprise , far east warehousing company , recently started setting up operation bases in mainland china .


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-lrb- hong kong lien ho pao11 mar 94 p 22 -rrb- shenzhen reaches agreement with south korean firm on oil refinery - china petrochemical corp -lrb- sinopec -rrb- has reached agreement in principle with yukong ltd , south korea 's leading refinery company , to build a $ 1.5-billion oil refining project in shenzhen special economic zone , guangdong province .


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yukong has a long-term agreement to import 10,000 barrels of oil per day from china .


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-lrb- hong kong south china sunday morning post -lrb- sunday money -rrb- 13 mar 94 p 2 -rrb- heilongjiang imports telephone switchboards from australia - qingan county in heilongjiang province formally put its program- controlled telephone switchboards with a total capacity of 6,000 lines into operation on 15 march , thus becoming one of heilongjiang 's counties with advanced telecommunications equipment imported from australia .


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on 10 march , the china post and telecommunications equipment company , the heilongjiang provincial post and telecommunications bureau , and a german company jointly signed this contract .


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-lrb- beijing zhongguo xinwen she 0810 gmt 5 mar 94 -rrb- taiwan : taiwan 's 1993 mainland investment trend outlined - by october 1993 , china had approved more than 15,100 requests by taiwanese enterprises to do business on the mainland for a total negotiated cost of $ 13.6 billion .


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this large-scale and pluralistic grouping trend in taiwan 's investment in china will continue .


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-lrb- taipei ching-chi jih-pao 15 jan 94 p 2 -rrb- companies planning to invest in mainland 's hainan province - according to a 21 february nihon keizai shimbun article by yosahiko sakurai , one of the paper 's hong kong correspondents , private-sector taiwan companies are planning large investments in china 's hainan province .


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sakurai maintains that one uncertainty regarding investment in hainan is `` deep-seated opposition '' to promoting trade with china among taiwanese governmental officials .


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-lrb- taipei ching-chi jih-pao 3 mar 94 p 2 -rrb- competitive edge in u.s. , japan deteriorates - a quarterly report released on 7 march by the industry development bureau shows the republic of china 's export competitive edge in the united states and japan is deteriorating rapidly in terms of constant market share .


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a recent article in a seoul journal features the views of two experts on north korea on the dprk 's interest in china 's reforms and the prospect for change in north korea .


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in the 3 february sisa journal , kim pong-tok , a professor at northeast finance university in china , gave the following reasons as to why north korea would be interested in china 's approach to reform : a -rrb- china has made economic reform a priority , allowing social changes when timing and conditions are right , in order to `` minimize shock ; '' b -rrb- china has been able to maintain a `` socialist structure '' under `` communist leadership ; '' and c -rrb- if reforms are well planned from the outset , they can take place gradually , as they are in china .


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kim points out that north korea 's joint venture law offers foreigners more favorable terms than china 's law , and concludes by saying that `` north korea could rise as a new star of the far east , if reform is properly handled . ''


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sisa also reports the views of ho mun-yong , a prominent researcher at the national unification research institute , regarding north korea 's outlook on china 's reforms .


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ho believes that kim il - song 's visit to china in 1982 , kim chong-il 's tour of the shenzhen special economic zone in 1983 , and the enactment of the joint venture law in 1984 are indications that the dprk is moving toward chinese-style reforms .


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-lrb- pyongyang nodong sinmun 20 jan 94 p 1 -rrb- south korea : feature : trade ministry announces new china policy - summary : south korea 's trade ministry has issued a paper outlining the country 's new plans for economic relations with china , according to rok press reports .


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seoul is backing its drive into china -with a full range of direct and indirect subsidies designed to give rok firms an advantage over competitors .


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on 17 february , south korea 's ministry of trade , industry , and energy -lrb- motie -rrb- released a report entitled `` comprehensive measures for making inroads into china , '' outlining the rok 's latest plans for economic relations with the prc .


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unlike previous rok economic ventures into china which were `` one-sided and impromptu , '' the current plan takes into account the experiences of japan , taiwan , hong kong , and other competitors in their dealings with china to help south korea meet its challenges more effectively , the newspaper says .


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among the plan 's concrete aspects , mks reports the rok government will `` greatly enlarge '' its `` overseas economic cooperation fund `` and the export-import bank 's `` deferred payment export fund `` to `` expand the scale on which our companies will be able to provide important plants and facilities which china needs to move forward with its plans for economic development . ''


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the paper reports that the former fund is supporting china investors this year with some $ 50 million , and that the figure will grow to $ 5 billion by 1996 .


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at present , there are nine china -related deferred payment applications with a total value of $ 1.2 billion , according to the report .


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motie intends to `` accelerate '' this by making china `` the main target for deferred payment export financing . ''


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motie considers it `` urgent '' that south korea build its own distribution network in china and is working on a plan to accomplish this , according to mks .


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the ministry aims to put a stop to `` south korean companies ' indiscriminate investment in china , which has been lopsided by region , '' and will select `` business sectors in which china investment will be encouraged , '' by dropping , for example , the requirement for prior approval .


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in the automotive sector , tonga ilbo reports motie wants to export finished cars to china , in addition to producing them locally .


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the 19 february mks reports on how south korean conglomerates are gearing up for large investments in china in anticipation of government support for increased involvement .


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major rok investment projects in china -lrb- figures in million dollars -rrb- company project location scale investment samsung heavy equipment liaoning 1,000 pieces 13.0 vcr factory 600,000 units hyundai auto assembly dalian 300,000 cars semiconductors shanghai 50.0 car audio sets tianjin 300,000 units 2.0 lucky- vcr 's shanghai goldstar color crt 's changsha 100.0 audio equipment 1,000 , 000 sets tdx factory shandong 1,000 , 000 units daewoo cement shandong 2,400 , 000 tons 300.0 a/c compressors 150,000 units 10.0 bus assembly shanghai 900.0 bus assembly guangxi 2,500 buses 35.0 pipes guangdong 100,000 tons 29.0 sunkyong oil refinery shenzhen 150,000 barrels 1 , 100.0 video tapes 18,000 , 000 tapes 8.5 ssangyong cement shanghai 600,000 tons daerim octanol 100,000 tons 150.0 posco cold-rolled steel liaoning 300,000 tons other projects reported are tire cord , cotton spinning , polyester , cranes , construction equipment , transmissions , trash trucks , and beer .


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china 's involvement on some level is being considered to facilitate overseas sales .


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choson ilbo notes similarly that motie 's present plan is to invite only one foreign firm to participate in the plane 's development , but that it may bring in a third country , `` including possibly china , '' to facilitate marketing the aircraft .


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currently , steel firms import 4-5,000 tons of north korean pig iron each year via china .


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-lrb- seoul hanguk kyongje sinmun 13 feb 94 p 4 -rrb- china 's currency , tax reforms to be 'direct blow ' to rok exports - china 's moves to unify its two currency system -lrb- renminbi and foreign exchange certificates -rrb- , adjust tariffs , raise the vat , and impose a consumption tax will greatly weaken rok export competitiveness in third country markets where rok and chinese goods compete .


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the moves are also expected to be a `` direct blow '' to rok exports into china .


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china has devalued the yuan by 33.3 percent , fixed the vat -lrb- which had varied between 8 and 15 percent depending on the type of good -rrb- at 17 percent , and set up a new consumption tax to restrain imports .


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while china 's reform measures bring its trade system in line with international standards , they also seem to reveal china 's intention to curb imports .


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the exchange rate adjustment and tax measures will act like a `` double trap '' to rok exports to china .


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rok firms that manufacture in china and export to third countries will see their competitiveness rise .


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korea tungsten , founded in 1916 as an exporter of tungsten ore , has recently focused on manufacturing processed products as china has emerged as the biggest supplier of the metal .


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koryo zinc is also promoting development of lead and zinc mines in china .


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kodeco also established a joint venture with the forestry bureau of shanhe village , heilongjiang province , china .


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-lrb- seoul maeil kyongje sinmun 4 mar 94 p 19 -rrb- daewoo to build joint venture auto plant in prc - the daewoo group will build a joint venture automobile plant in china in cooperation with china 's shandong provincial government and a chinese motor company .


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chairman kim u-chung and other daewoo managers will visit china soon to finish negotiations- and the project will be announced officially after approval is obtained from both governments .


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-lrb- seoul maeil kyongje sinmun 27 feb 94 p 1 -rrb- il-yang , chinese firm to build pharmaceutical factory in jiangsu - il-yang pharmaceutical co. will establish a joint venture with a gaoyou city pharmaceutical factory in china 's jiangsu province .


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-lrb- seoul the korea herald 10 mar 94 p 8 -rrb- daewoo car audio plant in tianjin begins operations - daewoo electronics expects to put its car audio plant in tianjin , china into full operation on 11 march .


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baharudin said that five countries are vying for the asia-pacific region 's lng market , which is currently concentrated in japan , south korea , and taiwan , with china and thailand surfacing as potential markets .


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-lrb- manila manila bulletin 7 mar 94 p b- 1 -rrb- singapore : ocbc launches fund for investment in china - the overseas chinese banking corporation -lrb- ocbc -rrb- has launched the savers china growth fund , offering investors a vehicle to invest in china .


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there are market rumours that chinese mines are at a standstill because russia , previously the biggest consumer of the metal and which imported more than 5,000 tonnes a year from china , has stopped buying .


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mr michael maby , secretary-general of the association , said yesterday : 'on paper the market looks in balance but any increase in demand can be supplied by china very cheaply indeed ' .


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they include china , the biggest producer , which represents over 60 per cent of world trade ; russia , which ranks second in production ; and the three biggest importers , the us , germany and japan .


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during the geneva meeting , china reported falling exports of tungsten ores and concentrates in the first nine months of 1993 , while the us expected a 9 per cent drop in consumption this year after a 25 per cent fall in 1992 .


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today the atpc faces its greatest challenge because after much persuasion china joined in april this year .


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china agreed to limit its tin exports in 1994 to 20,000 tonnes .


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the official china daily reported at the beginning of this month that in the first half alone the country exported 24,700 tonnes , a 33 per cent increase on the same months of 1993 .


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the china daily also reported that the chinese government would tighten up on tin exports in the second half of this year .


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'china has said it will adhere to certain atpc recommended limits on exports in previous years even though it has not been a member , but of course it has n't ' mr shaw suggests that , if it had not been for china 's exports of refined tin during the past few years , 'the stocks overhang which was left as a legacy of the collapse of the international tin council could have been more or less drawn down by now ' .


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cru 's mr madavo expects china 's refined tin exports to slow in the second half of this year but the 1994 total will probably exceed the 32,000 - 33,000 tonnes exported last year .


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china also ships out tin in concentrate -lrb- an intermediate material -rrb- and , when this is taken into account , the export total could rise to 40,000 - 45,000 tonnes .


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consumers , cooperatives attempt to secure rice - as one indication of how far japanese consumers will go to secure palatable rice , nhk television in its 9 : 00 pm evening news program on 15 march shows japanese tourists bringing south korean rice , which is similar to japanese rice , into the country aboard ferry boats running from pusan to shimonoseki , the closest japanese port city to south korea .


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although the mof is studying appropriate ways to sell gold so that market prices are not unduly affected , sale of such a large quantity of gold by japan , a gold- consuming country , `` is likely to affect the gold market . ''


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this is the third such agreement the bot has concluded with a south or central american country , but is the first such agreement by any japanese bank with colombia .


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fanuc pulls robot-programming software off the market - fanuc , the world 's largest producer of numerically-controlled equipment for machine tools and a leading manufacturer of industrial robots , has decided to stop selling fast , its internally developed off-line robot-programming software , and replace it with robcad , the robot- simulation software marketed by the israeli firm technomatix technologies .


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-lrb- tokyo nikkei sangyo shimbun 8 mar 94 p 7 -rrb- jeol sets up semiconductor equipment sales office in south korea - jeol ltd. , a maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment -lrb- sme -rrb- and japan 's largest producer of electron microscopes , has established a joint-venture sales and service subsidiary in seoul .


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-lrb- chongqing xinan jingji ribao 6 feb 94 p 1 -rrb- guangzhou per capita gdp highest in prc - guangzhou city 's per capita gdp in 1993 was 11,490 renminbi , leading the country for the second successive year .


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the zhengzhou wholesale grain market , since its inception , has had a business volume of 4.1 million tonnes and its prices have become the benchmark for the grain business throughout the country .


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hong kong 's biggest rice distributor has signed a 50-year joint venture agreement with the four major rice producing provinces in vietnam : long an , dong thap , tien giang , and an giang , which together account for 40 percent of the country 's production .


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-lrb- hong kong ta kung pao chinese 14 mar 94 p 3 -rrb- south african bank opens representative office in beijing - nedbank , one of south africa 's big four banks , became the first from that country to set up a representative office in beijing 16 march , despite the lack of diplomatic relations .


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this is the biggest venture involving south korea since diplomatic ties were established in 1992 .


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however , in 1991 , the government changed directions by making najin and sonbong free trade zones and is now planning to do the same in other areas of the country , according to south korean press reports .


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feature : rok announces decision on mid-size aircraft - summary : the south korean trade ministry 's announcement that a single domestic firm will `` lead '' the development of the country 's first indigenous commercial aircraft has drawn charges of `` favoritism '' among companies less likely to be selected , according to seoul press reports .


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samsung meanwhile has built the country 's first `` industrial business research institute `` which will train employees in overseas business practices while doubling as a commercial intelligence collection facility .


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the decision to upgrade its status and facilities was made to attract better students and to integrate the south into the country 's s and t network .


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expenses incurred entering and leaving the country -lrb- airfare and personal expenses , etc. -rrb- b .


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Question: what country is the biggest producer of tungsten ?

an article in the 11 february balita reports that just as the philippines feels `` left out of booming southeast asia , '' its southern island of mindanao feels `` left out of the rest of the country . ''


Question: what country is the biggest producer of tungsten ?

the mittersill mine in austria , previously one of the western world 's biggest producers with an output of about 1,400 tonnes a year , has been put on a 'care and maintenance ' basis this month .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

formally known as de beers consolidated mines ltd. , and based in kimberley , south africa , the company was formed in 1888 by the british industrial colonialist cecil rhodes .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

the de beers diamond firm has announced the discovery of an egg -sized , 599-carat diamond and said it is currently the world 's largest uncut diamond with an estimated cut value of $ 30 million .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

officials of the south african company said the white diamond , dubbed `` the big rock , '' was found at a mine near pretoria in july 1986 , but its discovery was kept secret to all but a handful of de beers executives .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

de beers ' chairman julian thompson announced the find at the firm 's 100th anniversary banquet in kimberly friday night .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

in its cut form , the `` big rock '' is expected to be about 350 carats and sell for an estimated $ 30 million , the company said .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

debeers is the world 's largest diamond company and controls an estimated 80 percent of the world 's diamond production through its central selling organization in london .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

this is the central selling organization , london -based marketing arm of the de beers diamond empire , controlled by the wealthy oppenheimer family of south africa .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

`` this year is going to be a critical one for de beers , '' says diamond intelligence briefs , a trade publication .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

de beers ' south african interests face an uncertain future , largely because of a newly energized political will by the black majority in that country , an important diamond producer .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

apparently attempting to limit risk , de beers recently announced it would split south african and foreign interests into two publicly held companies , one based in switzerland .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

the decline has limited de beers ' scope for raising prices .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

this past week , de beers announced it was increasing prices 5.5 percent , compared to a 15.5 percent increase a year earlier .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

the government of newly independent namibia , meanwhile , is expected to demand a one-fifth stake in consolidated diamond mines , de beers ' namibian subsidiary .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

jack lunzer , managing director of idc ltd. , an independent diamond distributor in london , said de beers undoubtedly will continue to control the major part of world production , but its marketing arm 's profits will fall .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

the effect has n't been felt yet ; de beers ' profit rose 37 percent to $ 1.1 billion in 1989 .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

the organization buys rough diamonds from de beers ' own mines , which represent 30 percent of world production , and from producers in tanzania , south africa , zaire , botswana , namibia , australia and the soviet union .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

de beers picks its 160 or so buying customers from thousands of hopefuls .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

de beers 's achievement over the decades has been to mass-market what was once an aristocratic luxury without greatly diminishing its value .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

de beers insists it seeks long-term stability and prosperity for the industry , saying price fluctuations would undermine confidence in the value of diamonds .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

even its fiercest competitors laud de beers for putting up considerable amounts of money and assuming the risks to develop mines and support the market .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

after reviewing a complaint filed by the british mining company consolidated gold fields plc alleging anti-competitive practices , britain 's office of fair trading decided in august against formally investigating whether the organization abuses its monopoly .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

sir ernest oppenheimer , a diamond merchant , became chairman of de beers in 1929 and five years later formed diamond trading co. , the precursor of today 's cartel .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

oppenheimer , who linked the diamond business with his extensive anglo american corp. gold-mining interests , is credited with steering de beers through the depression .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

he died in 1957 and was succeeded by his son , harry oppenheimer , who has made the company more internationally minded and therefore less vulnerable .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

now 81 , oppenheimer still serves on de beers ' board of directors , of which he previously was chairman .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

founded more than a century ago , this conglomerate with a world monopoly on the diamond trade remains faithful to itself : secretive , hegemonic , paternalistic , and sure of its future ...


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

`` i know from experience that the only possible way to safeguard the stability of the sector is by limiting the supply of diamonds and selling through a single distribution network , '' sir ernest oppenheimer , president of de beers at the turn of the century , used to say .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

a miraculous survivor among luxury products , this `` king of gems '' and `` teardrop of the gods `` is still in insolently good health ; and de beers , a fairly accurate gauge of the industry 's condition since it holds the monopoly on diamonds , is in equally excellent shape : the group 's turnover for 1993 was $ 4.444 billion , compared to $ 3.640 the preceding year .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

its assurance is expressed in more than mere words : de beers is making long-term investments , on several fronts , with astonishing audacity : in the conquest of new markets -- its budget for this is almost unequalled anywhere -- in consolidation -- with all its uncertainties ! -- in


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

well , then , de beers just signs an exclusive contract with israel and buys them up itself .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

get back in line , i.e. , the de beers line .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

does de beers behave like a sovereign government ?


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

so de beers today is cultivating `` courteous '' relations with mandela 's entourage .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

this attractive blend of fine-tuned philanthropy and judicious liberalism is characteristic of de beers .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

neither cecil rhodes nor the oppenheimer dynasty would take offense at the charming words the company 's current president has to say about mandela .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

because the company has already taken appropriate precautions to protect its wealth : in 1990 , when the anc revealed its intent to nationalize south african companies , de beers immediately transferred its capital to lucerne , switzerland .


Question: when was the de beers company founded ?

in south africa itself , nothing remains but the extraction company -lrb- de beers consolidated mines , ltd. -rrb- .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

de beers picks its 160 or so buying customers from thousands of hopefuls .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

de beers insists it seeks long-term stability and prosperity for the industry , saying price fluctuations would undermine confidence in the value of diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

after reviewing a complaint filed by the british mining company consolidated gold fields plc alleging anti-competitive practices , britain 's office of fair trading decided in august against formally investigating whether the organization abuses its monopoly .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

oppenheimer , who linked the diamond business with his extensive anglo american corp. gold-mining interests , is credited with steering de beers through the depression .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

now 81 , oppenheimer still serves on de beers ' board of directors , of which he previously was chairman .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

a ban on imports of diamonds mined in south africa could be ineffective and probably would be widely evaded , according to a a congressional study released friday .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

debeers ' mines in south africa , botswana and namimbia account for 36 percent of world production , and 17 percent of the value of the sales of the selling organization come from diamonds mined in south africa , the gao report noted .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

most of angola 's diamonds are currently mined from alluvial operations in lunda norte , chiefly the cuango division .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

it also became clear yesterday that de beers faces competition from japan in yakutia , where 99 per cent of russian diamonds are mined and where it hopes to help set up a cutting centre .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

it also became clear yesterday de beers faces competition from japan in yakutia , where 99 per cent of russian diamonds are mined and where it hopes to help set up a cutting centre .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

after the break-up of the soviet union the contract was continued with rosalmazzoloto , the russian gold and diamond organisation , and an exclusive sales agreement was later signed with yukutia , the area in eastern siberia where most russian diamonds are mined and which is now an autonomous republic in the russian federation .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

reports suggest that the diamond centre would have exclusive rights to buy all rough diamonds mined in the russian federation and it would also have a monopoly of sorting gem diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

diamonds were mined in india for hundreds of years before they were discovered in south africa .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

first dow , and now a colorado company , crystal exploration inc. , entered the search for diamonds in the state 's upper peninsula .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

core drilling has unearthed a scattering of sand-grain sized diamonds , too few and too small for commercial production .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in the few places on earth they are found , kimberlite pipes occur in clusters of up to several dozen , said james huml , a dow research associate .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` it is a cylindrical formation where volcanic rock has come up 120 miles from the bowels of the earth , and the heat and pressure have formed the diamonds , '' he said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

there were no volcanic remnants in ohio , so geologists thought glaciers carried the diamonds there from canada , muessig said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

but he said the focus shifted in 1981 when the u.s. geological survey found a kimberlite formation _ the lake ellen pipe _ about 10 miles northeast of crystal falls .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` we think there is good potential , because of the historical finds , '' muessig said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

on monday , u.s. district judge michael b. mukasey in new york issued a temporary injunction against the bid on antitrust grounds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the british investigation will center on the proposed takeover 's impact on strategic metals , in particular titanium and zircon , a spokesman at the department of trade and industry said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

titanium , a metal largely used as a whitener in paints , also is used in jet engines , a consolidated gold fields metallurgist said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

zircon is mainly used as a refracting agent in glass and steel furnaces , but is also a critical substance in nuclear submarines and power plants , and in rocket nose cones , he said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

consolidated gold fields says that australian-based renison goldfields consolidated ltd. , in which it has a 49 percent stake , is the world 's largest producer of mineral sands that serve as raw materials for titanium and zircon .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

tuesday 's developments followed a u.s. district judge 's decision in new york on monday to issue a temporary injunction against the offer on antitrust grounds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the owner of popeyes famous fried chicken and biscuits is launching a cash tender offer for church 's fried chicken inc. that values its fast-food chicken restaurant rival at about $ 290 million .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

a federal court jury has rejected a $ 6.5 billion lawsuit filed by a widow who claimed her husband died of liver damage from taking two tylenol products at the same time .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the u.s. district court jury deliberated about an hour monday before rejecting the negligence suit filed by silvia jauchler , whose husband maurice died last year .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

johnson & johnson attorney robert e. christiansen said tylenol did not cause the dead man 's problem and that the company was grateful for the jury 's verdict .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

company president and chief executive officer william scharffenberger said tuesday that negotiating an equitable labor agreement `` is the single most important task still before us. ''


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the developments followed a u.s. district judge 's decision in new york on monday to issue a temporary injunction against the offer on antitrust grounds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

gold fields has raised strong objections to being acquired by a company that is south african-controlled .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the investigation will center on the proposed takeover 's impact on strategic metals , titanium and zircon in particular , a spokesman at the department of trade and industry said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` it was thought a merger would lead to greater concentration of the world 's supply , which would be a potential detriment to users in the u.k. , '' said the department spokesman , who spoke on condition he was not identified .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

titanium , a metal largely used as a whitener in paints , also is used in jet engines .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

zircon is mainly used as a refracting agent in glass and steel furnaces , but is also a critical substance in nuclear submarines and power plants , and in rocket nose cones .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the watchdog body said de beers `` appeared to have '' a monopoly on diamond trading in london and it was interested in establishing whether there had been an abuse of the monopoly .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` i was impressed by the fact that all those with whom we met in luanda took a business-like , non-ideological approach , '' lki chairman maurice tempelsman said in a company news release .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` it can only help business , and we 're encouraged by it. ''


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the price increase for a broad range of uncut diamonds , announced tuesday , is effective next week .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

demand for rough diamonds of two carats and less is especially strong , he said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` the industry is anticipating another good year in 1989 from retail diamond and jewelry sales , '' dickson said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the generally weaker dollar has helped sales because diamonds are priced in dollars and holders of japanese yen and european currencies get more for their money .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` we are bringing rough prices up in line with those prices of polished diamonds that are prevailing within the diamond cutting centers , '' he said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the organization had record sales of $ 4.2 billion in 1988 , up 37 percent from $ 3.08 billion in 1987 , the previous record .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

most of the world 's diamonds are industrial diamonds , used primarily in drilling .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the exploratory drilling at crater of diamonds state park could lead to commercial mining at the park , which presently allows anyone with the $ 3- a-day price of admission to seek his fortune in the soft blue-gray soil .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the sierra club and the friends of the crater of diamonds oppose the plan , and have threatened legal action to block the exploratory work .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

they say businesses do n't belong in state parks , and warn the drilling could open the way to logging or gravel mining in the area .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

visitors are allowed to prospect in a 35-acre plowed field , and it 's said people have taken away diamonds as large as 40 carats .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

about 78,000 people try their luck at crater of diamonds each year .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` this land belongs to the public and should be preserved , not used to line somebody 's pockets , '' said jim stanley , a little rock attorney representing the sierra club , part of a coalition of environmental groups threatening legal action to stop the potential exhaustion of a unique natural resource .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

retiree james archer is a regular among the 700 visitors a day who sweat and swear on diamond digs for just a $ 3 admission ticket .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

archer , 64 , shovels clumps of dirt into a wire-screened pan then dunks it vigorously in a large tub of water , allowing heavy material _ diamonds , he hopes _ to settle .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

most of his pans turn up nothing and others produce diamonds the size of a pinhead .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

a 35-acre plowed field where people can look for diamonds is inaccessible to the handicapped and does n't have water fountains , restrooms or other amenities .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the commission voted last month to work with four companies who will share the estimated $ 350,000 cost of initial studies plus the cost of any litigation .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

test drilling could begin by april if the process is not delayed by a lawsuit by the sierra club and the friends of the crater of diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` i think a lot of these companies are used to spending money on a gamble. ''


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

environmentalists who attended an earlier commission meeting at which preliminary core drilling was approved say even those tests could mean diamonds are n't forever at the park . `` we see this as a foot-in-the-door type thing .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

if the results come back and they say there are lots of diamonds there may be incredible pressure to open it to commercial mining .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

to allow tests , the interior department had to grant a `` temporary non-recreational use '' of the diamond field .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` this is a political decision , '' said dean banks , coordinator of friends of crater of diamonds state park .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` personally , i 'm cautious about any major changes in the park that would have a major impact , and this certainly would have a major impact , '' he said of testing .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

attempts for more than a century to commercially mine diamonds at the site have flopped , he said , because of a lack of experience or capital .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

one father-son team found itself facing 36 lawsuits after a year in operation and their mining plant was gone after three mysterious fires in one night .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

even so , they 're gambling _ just like the hopeful tourists who slog through the often muddy field bearing shovels and pans .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

here are answers to commonly asked questions about diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

diamonds are crystallized carbon which has been subjected to prolonged , steady heat and pressure .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

they were formed up to 120 miles under the earth 's crust billions of years ago .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

diamonds were brought to the earth 's surface by volcankc eruptions , so they are found in volcanic rocks known as kimberlite and lamproite , as well as scattered in river beds , swamps and on beaches .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

diamonds are mined in about 20 countries .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

diamonds are obtained largely through underground mining or via a dredging process .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

diamond -embedded rocks are squeezed to allow the diamonds to roll free .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

slurry is put in water and the heavier diamonds sink to the bottom .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

general electric co. developed a method of synthesizing diamonds in the 1950s , but experts say natural ones are best .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

there more than 5,000 categories of diamonds , and the colorless , clear diamonds are the most valued , although blues and pinks are highly prized .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

but people do n't tend to buy diamonds as a financial investment .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the diamond became a symbol of conjugal fidelity because of its resistance and endurance .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

who sang `` diamonds are a girl 's best friend ? ''


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the gold-colored interior is hushed and luxuriously decorated .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

its experts sort mounds of rough diamonds constituting 80 percent of the world 's annual production .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

but scratch the surface of this secretive world , and the diamond business loses some sparkle .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

although its prosperity and control of the world diamond industry looks unchallengeable , the pressures could loosen its grip and crimp its profits .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

after growth spurts of 19 percent in 1987 and 35 percent in 1988 , rough diamond sales fell 2 percent to $ 4.09 billion last year because of slowing economies , high interest rates and the organization 's two double-digit price increases in 1988 and 1989 .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

few diamond -producing countries dare sell their output outside the organization , and some bold enough to leave have returned because of the difficulty in peddling diamonds alone .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

it was robbed once , in the early 1980s , when some diamonds were snatched as couriers carried them from one building to another .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

ten times a year , at sales called `` sights , '' the clients are offered a selection of diamonds chosen by the organization and placed in a simple cardboard box .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

of all diamonds mined , only 15 percent will end up in jewelry , but these represent 80 percent of the value of the world 's diamond production .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the organization is fighting the lackluster sales trend by trying to create new demand .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

today , diamonds remain `` the gem of gems , '' although millions of people own them .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

during the early 1980s , when high interest rates caused the worst diamond slump since the 1930s , the organization prevented the market 's collapse by doubling its diamond stockpile to nearly $ 2 billion worth .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

some want more of the industry 's millions of jobs relocated in their own countries .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

diamonds can not be physically distinguished by country of origin .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the only possibility of an effective ban would come through agreements between the united states and other nations with major diamond cutting indusrtries _ belgium , india and israel , the report said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in such a case , gao said cutters could be forced to chose between buying from debeers and direct purchases from producing countries , and the producers might not sell to them because they derive advantages from their debeers connection _ notably the company 's marketing expertise and policy of buying diamonds even when the market is weak .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the nation reached the deal because it wanted to sell a huge stockpile of diamonds without disrupting the stable world diamond market , de beers said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the organization , a 57-year-old cartel , has the financial resources to hold large stocks of diamonds , which is how it keeps the market stable .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

`` we have not had an official agreement with the russians .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

de beers must renegotiate several key contracts this year , which experts have said might loosen its grip on the diamond market .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the formal marketing of the soviet diamonds , like those from elsewhere , will take place in london and lucerne , de beers said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

julian ogilvie thompson , de beers chairman , said the deal would bring `` continued stability and prosperity of the international diamond industry. ''


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

causing all the excitement are 81 small diamonds , each less than 2 mm in diameter but some of gem quality , found in a kimberlite pipe about 300 km -lrb- 185 miles -rrb- north-east of the city of yellowknife .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

stakers are using helicopters because each claim area is so large - more than 1,000 hectares -lrb- 2,500 acres -rrb- in most cases .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the northern miner , canada 's mining newspaper , reports , however , that so great is the rush that many of the posts are being dropped from above and will be secured only after the spring thaw .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the claim rush , said by some observers even to outdo the yukon gold days at the end of the 19th century , is being caused by a peculiarity of geology .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

kimberlite pipes usually occur in clusters of ten to 40 spread over an area of 100 sq km or more .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

sampling will indicate the ratio of industrial to gem quality diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

industrial diamonds , which also can be made synthetically , fetch only about dollars 1.3 a carat .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

to earn a 51 per cent interest , the australian group has also agreed to finance a feasibility study and arrange production financing of up to cdollars 500m .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

exploration there revealed a cluster of kimberlitic pipes bearing microdiamonds and these are being tested for commercial potential .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

this is not surprising because , in order for diamonds to remain intact and not become graphite or carbon dioxide , they must be brought to the surface from depths of 160 km or more at speeds of 8 to 32 kph as the kimberlite /lamproite magma reaches the surface .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

consequently , although there are more than 3,000 known kimberlite deposits in the world , fewer than 1,000 carry any diamonds and only 50 to 60 have ever proved economic .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

of the 14 kimberlite pipes found by the previous joint venturers in the project - dow and crystal exploration - 12 had been tested an nine contained diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

'this means the probability of success is much higher than usual , ' said mr robinson .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

to put this in context , of the 3,000 known kimberlite deposits in the world , only 1,000 contain diamonds and only 50 to 60 have ever proved economic .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

so priority was being given to drilling the three untested and eight partly-tested pipes with a view to identifying the various phases of kimberlite present and testing the diamond content .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the company had now identified 11 large diamondiferous targets .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

a somewhat shaky and erratic recovery will be sustained , say officials from endiama , the state-owned company , and the government 's department of geology and mining .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the project , brainchild of mr noe baltazer , endiama 's managing director , is the most ambitious embarked on by the company .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

rst international , a subsidiary of zambia consolidated copper mines , originally signed an agreement with endiama to mine diamonds around cafunfo at the end of 1986 -lrb- a year which had seen organised operations almost grind to a halt in the lunda norte -rrb- and remains in operation , its contract renewed annually .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

industry officials estimate that illegal sales of high quality gems could be costing the country as much as dollars 5m a week .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

however , according to western experts , the explosion in illegal sales poses a threat to the industry and to endiama .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

illicit trading was further fuelled , western analysts believe , by a law introduced at the end of last year , now under review , which gave individuals the right to own and sell diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

that would involve a lot of digging , ' says one industry official .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in the murky world of illicit diamond dealing , rumours abound while proof remains elusive .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

these problems will be resolved , officials believe , by a restructuring of the industry .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

'we arrived at the conclusion that state enterprises were fully concerned with administration - and were bad administrators , ' he said .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the flexible fiscal regime being negotiated as part of the deal is expected to set precedents which will prove attractive to foreign companies , not just mining houses .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

almazy rossli proposes to bring all the diamond industry 's operations under one roof , says diamantaire .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

stakers are using helicopters because each claim area is so large and prospectors have claimed every piece of land within 300 km -lrb- 185 miles -rrb- of the discovery .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

in spite of all this hectic activity , it is very unlikely that anyone will find enough big diamonds to make the development of canada 's first diamond mine worthwhile .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

more than dollars 1m-worth of gem diamonds a day are being smuggled out of that country for sale in antwerp .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

de beers probably knows the answers because its intelligence network is remarkable .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the cartel has survived partly because nobody needs diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

they are composed of very hard carbon so they can be useful for drilling holes in tough material , but there are substitutes for this use .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

gem diamonds are solely for decoration and serve no useful purpose .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

the cartel is organised by de beers ' london -based central selling organisation , which markets about 80 per cent of the world 's rough diamonds .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

de beers says that , because times are tough .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

de beers releases a controlled stream of rough diamonds to the market through 'sights ' offered by the cso ten times a year to about 160 selected buyers .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

they are offered boxes of diamonds , each worth between dollars 500,000 and dollars 25m .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

buyers have either to accept all the diamonds or reject the box .


Question: where are diamonds mined ?

'what the cso for many years has done successfully , is to operate a buffer pool , stocking diamonds in bad times and liquidating its stocks when demand is in excess of the level of supply .


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in this way it has been able to preserve an essential degree of stability in the price of this ultimate luxury of gem diamonds , to the common advantage of producers , processors and consumers of this unique natural product . '


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but de beers makes huge profits from its diamond business - a record dollars 1.24bn in 1990 and more than dollars 1bn last year .


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merchants , particularly in israel , stockpiled diamonds on borrowed money as a hedge against inflation and when recession hit they had to dump diamonds faster than the central selling organisation could mop them up .


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underlying the boom was phenomenal growth in demand for diamonds in japan where lack of living space encourages people to display their wealth by buying small but expensive items .


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it must be open to question whether another japan can be found to lift the diamond market as the present recession ends .


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'by applying the deferred purchases clauses in our contracts with producers we are applying the right medicine to ensure that demand matches supply and that the diamond market will remain stable ' .


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mr chaplin suggests that the first diamond -containing kimberlite pipe drilled in the area - called the point lake pipe - is 'giving world-class results and we estimate a value of approximately usdollars 2bn for this pipe alone .


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the study estimates that the point lake pipe may have reserves of more than 105m carats of diamonds and says a conservative estimate of production would be about 3.5m carats a year , possibly expanding to 7m carats in time .


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'these reserves would have a gross in-situ value of about usdollars 9bn and could generate revenues of at least dollars 300m a year , growing to about dollars 600m . '


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to put the size of the potential mine into perspective in the diamond industry , there are only five diamond mines in the world which produce at more than 3m carats a year and between them these major operations account for about 75 per cent of gem diamonds production . '


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some other analysts are not so enthusiastic .


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carats of diamonds a year , of which about 1.7m are gem diamonds .


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others point out that , although there are more than 3,000 known kimberlite deposits in the world , only 1,000 contain diamonds and only between 50 and 60 have ever proved economic .


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dividends from platinum interests - in rustenburg platinum , the world 's largest producer - fell on the weaker rhodium price .


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with the retained earnings of associated companies falling to r523m from r611m - reflecting recessionary conditions in the diamond , platinum , industrial and base metal industries - the group 's equity-accounted earnings fell by 13 per cent to r1.1bn .


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st valentine 's day sales are usually a highlight of the year for the mr shrenik zaveri , an indian diamonds and jewellery merchant , whose gems are sold all over the world .


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the inter-religious riots which brought death and destruction to bombay in december and january also disrupted one of the world 's largest production centres for diamonds and jewellery .


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thousands of workers , mainly from the minority muslim community , fled for their lives and did not return for a month or more .


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the industry postponed its show-piece annual international exhibition .


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'we lost time , we lost business and we lost money , ' says mr zaveri , an executive working for rosy blue , a bombay -based group owned by mr b. arunkumar , which is one of the world 's biggest diamond cutting enterprises .


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the industry is now slowly getting back to normal , with workshops in bombay and in the nearby city of surat resuming production , merchants moving around the country in safety again and the exhibition rescheduled for this month , albeit in truncated form .


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mr zaveri is certain that the unrest will prove only a temporary break for the indian gems and jewellery industry , which is set to benefit greatly from the country 's effort to modernise and integrate its economy with the rest of the world .


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the koh -i-noor diamond in the british crown jewels is only the most famous of the millions of stones unearthed in india before the mines were exhausted .


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nearly two-thirds of the world 's diamonds are now cut in india , plus a substantial share of the rubies , sapphires and other coloured stones .


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gems and jewellery exports earned india usdollars 2.5bn in exports in the year to march 1992 .


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rosy blue has built a factory dedicated to jewellery exports on the edge of bombay airport , in an export-processing zone where customs formalities are kept to a minimum .


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mr vsa sury , secretary of the gem and jewellery export promotion council , says it is vital for india to expand jewellery-making because other countries - including thailand , china , sri lanka and malaysia -also have reservoirs of low-cost , high-skill labour capable of cutting stones .


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for example , special licences are needed to secure foreign exchange to fund imports of stones and precious metals .


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'we must improve our manufacturing techniques and our marketing , ' says mr sury .


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lac de gras is just below the arctic circle , about 320 km -lrb- 200 miles -rrb- north-east of yellowknife , the territories ' capital .


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despite such enthusiasm , dia-met 's shares tumbled by cdollars 9 to cdollars 57 in early trading on the toronto stock exchange yesterday .


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according to bhp and dia-met , a total of 206 carats were recovered from just over 400 tonnes of ore extracted from the four pipes .


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the companies said that they had found several gem diamonds in the one to three carat range .


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the proportion of gem diamonds ranged from a low of 6 per cent in pipe number two to 31 per cent in pipe four and 33 per cent in pipe three .


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'the renewed interest in diamond exploration has flushed out many opportunities and we have been putting them through a stringent screening process . '


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mr robinson says that all this activity has forced ashton into an abrupt switch of emphasis away from gold , in which it was getting more involved , and towards diamonds .


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samples from the merlin prospect in the area last year produced 20 commercial size diamonds , one in four of them of gem quality and the largest of 2.44 carats .


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ashton mining , the australian diamond miner , plans to swell the nation 's heavy schedule of private equity raisings with the adollars 112m -lrb- usdollars 75.2m -rrb-


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ashton directors said yesterday the company would consolidate its australian and indonesian gold interests into a company called aurora gold , and initially make a placement to institutional shareholders .


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private investors would then be offered 25 per cent of the placement shares , with ashton retaining a 30 per cent stake in aurora , which would potentially rank among the top 10 australian gold producers .


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at that time , directors said the company would focus on opportunities in the diamond sector and place its mount muro gold mine in indonesia out to tender .


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since then , the price has strengthened by around 20 per cent , prompting a rush by investors for australian gold stocks .


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ashton shares yesterday closed 6 cents higher at adollars 2.22 on australian stock exchanges .


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proceeds of the share sale will be added to the company 's general funds and will be used for working capital and other purposes , including the possible reduction of debt .


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the deposit is estimated by the joint venturers to have resources of 17.5m tonnes containing 5m carats of diamonds , and since mining started in march last year it has produced 43,000 carats of diamonds , 60 per cent of them of gem quality , mr baxter-brown said .


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the first , costing usdollars 2.1m , will raise output to 180,000 carats next year , while the second will cost dollars 8.7m .


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the joint venturers have exclusive exploration rights to 13,474 hectares of ground around the mine and mr baxter-brown suggested the chances of finding another diamond deposit were good .


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diamonds are being sold directly to the market in antwerp , belgium , and not through de beers ' central selling organisation , which controls about 80 per cent of the world rough -lrb- uncut -rrb- diamond trade .


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the early data also sparked a diamond rush after aeromagnetic and radiometric pictures revealed about 60 geological 'bubbles ' which closely resemble diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes .


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the department of mines believes that the region could contain deposits of gold , copper , lead , zinc , iron ore , nickel , chromium and tin in addition to diamonds .


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the main focus of interest is the gawler craton , a huge geological block that stretches over the eyre peninsula and north beyond coober pedy .


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mr fardon says : 'foreign companies are welcome in their own right but we would prefer them to joint venture with an australian company .


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canada 's next diamond rush is likely to be in saskatchewan , according to credit lyonnais laing , part of the french banking group .


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the most high-profile operation in saskatchewan is a joint venture between two uranium companies , cameco and uranerz exploration , which has found diamonds in the fort a la corne region .


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credit lyonnais has a vested interest in saskatchewan diamonds because it is in the process of raising cdollars 3m -lrb- pounds 1.5m -rrb- net from european investors for kensington resources , a small vancouver -quoted company that is exploring for gems in the province .


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meanwhile , de beers will take over management of gcd 's existing operations and expects to double output of mainly near- gem and industrial-quality diamonds to more than 400,000 carats in the coming year .


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the lift confirms the stout turnround in the diamond business from the difficult conditions in 1992 .


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the new process will treat and recover more diamonds , improve their quality , reduce losses by increasing security and cut the operating costs , according to mr j ansafo-mensah , gcd 's managing director .


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the equipment is exclusive to de beers and is due to begin operating in june on lease to gcd until the new company is formed .


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the latest sample from koala , weighing 1,193 tonnes , yielded 6,600 diamonds with a total weight of 893 carats .


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once again anglovaal 's industrial interests provided the greatest part of the group 's earnings .


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investors , however , must confront a series of problems and some unusual risks .


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'in many cases we know the business of companies , but when it comes to detailed accounts things are much hazier , ' says mr chenevix-trench .


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we are here to focus on investors interested in normal profit . '


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one pipe of about two hectares in surface area had yielded 26 carats of diamonds of more than 8mm in size per 100 tonnes from a 23 -tonne sample , with a weighted average of 17 carats per 100 tonnes .


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it is not alone in looking for diamonds in finland .


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mr bob wilson , rtz 's chief executive , said this week the group had , indeed , staked large tracts of land in finland , mainly because of its potential to yield diamonds .


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jwaneng 's position is being reinforced by a usdollars 160m expansion programme at present being completed three months ahead of schedule and under budget .


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last year the mine treated 5.8m tonnes of ore which yielded 8.546m carats of diamonds , well below the 1992 output when the 5.77m tonnes treated gave up more than 9m carats .


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mr loz shaw , chief geologist , says drilling down to 600 metres shows there are still plenty of diamonds at that depth and so the pit will go down at least that far .


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unfortunately , things did not go completely as expected when underground mining started , to some extent because the development was designed by a management whose expertise was mainly in open pit mining .


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using vhf radio signals , a driver can stand back and send a truck on its own to dig out material from areas between the old pit wall and the underground development that would not otherwise be mined because of the dangers involved .


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mr webb says the objective is to mine down to a depth of 830 metres , at which point there are not enough diamonds left in the ground to make recovery viable .


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about 500 of its 1,900 employees were laid off in august 1992 .


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last year finsch mined 2.68m tonnes and recovered 2m carats of diamonds compared with 4.7m tonnes mined and 3.446m carats in 1992 .


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but when market conditions improve , production can be brought back up to previous levels in about six months .


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this year it has gone back to seven-day working as the quotas were eased so that the cso is now accepting 85 per cent of the diamonds it contracted to take from producers .


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it is also mining an area of lower grade ore , which has fewer diamonds in each tonne .


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the total has been kept down here partly by highly automated process plant but also by 'fewer people employed just to see that other people are doing their jobs ' , according to mr david gadd-claxton , ore extraction manager .


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employees are bussed in from nearby towns for 12-hour shifts and then return to their families .


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it sucks up tonnes of material a minute from which the diamonds are sorted .


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then , for security reasons , the diamonds are canned on an automated production line , with technology most commonly used for peaches and pineapple chunks .


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each can is filled with a mixture containing up to 1,900 diamonds .


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to locate the diamonds , de beers meticulously sampled an area as large as holland .


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only the most durable diamonds survived the trip , according to mr graham rees , dbm 's general manager .


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the debmar atlantic uses a huge drill to get at the stones .


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a short helicopter hop away its sister vessel , the louis g murray , is using an under-sea robot crawler , as big as a truck , with hydraulic drills operated electronically from the ship .


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last year dbm sucked up 302,754 carats of diamonds from the sea bed , 16 per cent more than in 1992 .


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the results have burst the bubble of euphoria which has enveloped the search for diamonds across a wide swathe of northern canada during the past two years .


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for example , kettle river resources plunged to cdollars 1.99 early yesterday from cdollars 11.75 just before friday 's announcement .


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kennecott has spent an estimated cdollars 15m -lrb- usdollars 10.9m -rrb- on the underground programme which involved bulk samples of 5,000 tonnes .


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the higher-grade body was especially disappointing , with fewer than 30 per cent of those diamonds more than 2mm in diameter classified as gem quality .


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kennecott concluded that the results were not sufficiently encouraging to justify further bulk sampling from tli kwi cho .


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the accord signed in windhoek gives de beers : the assurance that it will be able to continue to exploit its existing on and off-shore assets in the country and that its renewable prospecting licences will protected ; a guarantee that all of namdeb 's output will be marketed through de beers ' london -based central selling organisation , which controls 80 per cent of world trade in rough -lrb- uncut -rrb- diamonds ; retained control of de beers marine , the company that provides the technology and equipment for off-shore diamond mining .


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debmarine , which last year , in terms of carats , accounted for about one quarter of the diamonds cdm produced , will have only a contractual relationship with namdeb .


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cdm , which moves huge tonnages of beach sands to find most of its diamonds , is by no means de beers ' largest producer .


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ashton has been exploring in finland for eight years but kept its operations there secret until september this year because finnish laws do not provide for large and long-life exploration licences .


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the company is still not revealing the precise locations of some of the prospective areas in finland where it has found 'commercially significant concentrations ' of diamonds .


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on the supply side , apart from ashton 's two projects , only the discovery by another australian group , broken hill proprietary , in canada 's north west territories , seemed to offer much promise .


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`` i was just walking alone and i saw it on the ground , '' watters , of st. petersburg , fla. , said .


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only here , at crater of diamonds state park , would that question not sound foolish .


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already on this day , two lucky prospectors had found diamonds , bringing this year 's count to 533 .


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four potential bidders put up $ 87,500 each to pay for the testing , and a tennessee company under contract to the state began drilling on july 8 with an apparatus that resembles an oil-well drill rig .


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since the state bought what had been a privately owned mine in 1972 for $ 750,000 , about 14,000 diamonds have been plucked from it .


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the state would keep part of the park for public use , but jim cannon , the park superintendent , said the rest of the park 's ore deposits are of a different type that is too hard to plow .


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the environmentalists ' lawsuit contends that converting the public land to private use is illegal .


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the federal land and water conservation fund act prohibits such conversion unless the lands taken away are replaced with other lands of like value and use .


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but the interior department allowed testing a year ago as a temporary non-conforming use .


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u.s. district judge susan webber wright thus far has allowed the first phase of testing to continue but has hinted that she might rule on a permanent injunction by aug. 3 .


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meanwhile , visitors continue to scan the surface and dig as usual , while the drill rig hums away .


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`` a truly rare and unique diamond , '' said nicky oppenheimer , deputy chairman of his family 's diamond-mining empire , de beers consolidated mines ltd. ; the gem is unique and thus impossible to value , he said , though de beers has insured it for at least $ 100 million . ;


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there are only two larger diamonds in the world , and queen elizabeth ii owns them. ;


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the centenary was a difficult stone to cut and polish because its shape did not suggest an obvious approach for yielding the jewel locked within , the company said .


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de beers managed the comeback by convincing diamond producers , dealers and the jewelry industry that its marketing muscle was indispensable .


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`` selling diamonds is the business of dealers and jewelers ; helping them to sell more is ours , '' says stephen lussier , a de beers marketing executive .


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today the u.s. is the world 's no. 1 market , with $ 8 billion in annual retail diamond jewelry sales , or about a 40 % share , even though a 1971 antitrust law prevents de beers from operating directly there .


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de beers 's strategy is two-pronged , says mr. lussier .


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general `` diamond image '' advertising aims at perpetuating the mystique of quality diamonds as `` the ultimate expression of love , '' he says .


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as the sole middleman , de beers usually avoids the acrimony that has divided other cartels .


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each dealer gets a box containing uncut diamonds .


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the dealer must accept or reject the entire box , valued at between $ 1 million and $ 25 million .


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if the dealer refuses to buy , de beers may never invite him back .


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but de beers is unique , he says , in influencing production and consumption of diamonds .


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de beers has a sales arrangement with the soviets , but moscow has dumped diamonds before and may prove difficult to keep in line .


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other african nations in the cartel want more control over distribution , dealers say .


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`` de beers ca n't stop evolution , '' says jack lunzer , chairman of idc holdings ltd. , a london -based diamond firm that sells diamonds for guinea , an african nation that is n't a cartel member .


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while sales independence from de beers `` could be disastrous '' for the market , mr. lunzer says , that wo n't deter those producers who want `` more information and knowledge about final sales of their material . ''


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while average prices of de beers 's rough diamonds rose 37 % , prices of polished diamonds in dealers ' stocks collapsed .


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in a series of shrewd moves , de beers forced zaire to rejoin the cartel by dumping diamonds .


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dealers say trade is buoyant again because of lower interest rates and a weak dollar that makes dollar-priced diamonds cheaper in japan and europe .


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since november 1985 , prices of d - flawless diamonds have risen 56 % to around $ 14,000 a carat .


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`` you ca n't mix diamonds with oil . ''


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by law , all australian voting districts must contain about 70,000 voters .


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in the cities , that number lives in a radius of a few miles .


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it was late in the day and i used a tatty old bit of fuse .


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as their member of parliament , mr. campbell must try to solve his constituents ' problems .


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if an aborigine dies away from his traditional lands , the body must be brought back .


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over a few beers in the mine 's pub , each miner bet the other that he could n't push a wheelbarrow full of iron ore from the mine to the port , 75 miles away .


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the race is usually followed by an all-night party at the finish line .


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at the end of august , the national union of mineworkers ended a three-week strike against gold and coal mines .


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the companies said they made the request on grounds of national security and in a letter delivered to the white house yesterday urged the president to exercise newly granted authority under the defense production act .


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the two companies contend that the acquisition would `` imperil u.s. access to strategic and precious metals vital to national security . ''


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as previously reported , minorco has bid $ 3.44 billion for the 70.6 % of consolidated gold fields it does n't already own .


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rutile is used in titanium metal , which has such defense applications as military aircraft .


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the companies said that under the defense production act , as amended by this year 's trade bill , the president is empowered to investigate and suspend or halt mergers on grounds of national security .


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in the lawsuit filed in federal court in dallas , the boulles allege that sunshine officials withheld information , executed exclusive agreements and misappropriated funds in an attempt to take the project for themselves , excluding the boulles .


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that project has been controversial because it would convert a publicly owned state park to private use .


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`` viva anc , '' proclaims a splash of red grafitti spray-painted on a jagged rock wall by a miner hailing the african national congress , the recently unbanned black liberation movement .


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mr. hobday beams ; business , for now , prevails .


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`` the survival of the industry should be more important than any political beliefs , '' he says .


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but , in the perilous transition to a post-apartheid economy , anglo may also have the most to lose .


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anglo has been a symbol of dominance ever since ernest oppenheimer opened for business in 1917 .


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in the 1960s , the ruling afrikaners , wary of anglo 's increasing financial power , even discussed nationalizing the gold mines .


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while anglo , along with most of the business community , agrees with the need to redistribute wealth , it is having trouble coming up with ways to let go .


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he cites anglo 's anti-apartheid credentials : the main donor to white , liberal opposition politics , the first company to recognize black unions , the huge spending -- now more than $ 20 million a year -- on black education , training and housing .


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what more , mr. thompson wonders , can a company do without sacrificing its business ?


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when he founded anglo -lrb- partly with capital from newmont mining and the j.p. morgan bank in the u.s. , hence the `` american `` in anglo american -rrb- , ernest oppenheimer created not just a mining company but a mining finance house , with all the capital and technical skills he needed assembled under one roof .