A new wave of economic reform, social and physical infrastructure capacity building and renewed commitment to sustainable development is essential if Australians are to benefit from the best opportunities in the minerals industry in a generation, according to the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA). In his opening address to the 2007 Sustainable Development Conference in Cairns, [...]

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Diamond prices are expected to hit new highs over the next 12 months as the great divide between supply and demand widens. Prices would increase by up to 10% over the next year as the industry attempted to “balance the market”, according to respected international diamond expert, South African-based James Allan, Principal of Allan Hochreiter [...]

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The baby boomer generation in the US is driving global demand for diamonds and the same thrust is expected to spread to other parts of the world, according to a leading industry expert.

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