In Sierra Leone, Carat and the Stick. Workers Weigh the Cost of Diamond Mine Labor, Lure of Illegal Trading. By Robyn Dixon. April 22, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

It plans to reduce operating costs by $1.4-$1.6 million monthly and cut 20% of it workforce at its Letšeng mine in Lesotho.

Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone - the result of past diamond mining ...

Diamond mining in Sierra Leone, for years a symbol of the worst form of exploitation of Africa's natural resources, is following a global economic trend with miners turning to gold.

ASX-listed Newfield Resources has resumed mining at its Tongo diamond mine, in Sierra Leone, following a fatality in May. The company in May reported a fall of ground incident in an underground ...

Trade journals and researchers are pitching diamond mines as the next profit-margin leader in mining. ... Diamonds — Brazil, Sierra Leone, Quebec. By Thom Calandra. July 18, ...

Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest ... conflict's destruction and its reliance on mineral resources and mining, particularly diamonds.

The drainage systems of the diamond fields have been targets for dredging since diamonds were first discovered in the Gbogbora stream, Kono District, in the 1930s.

Sierra Leone's only underground diamond mine has sold its first gems, bringing it a step closer to full-scale production and a stock market listing next year, one of its parent companies has said.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone's president has fired his chief of staff over his negotiating of a mining agreement and granting another company the right to log unlimited amounts of ...

Houses stand next to a diamond mining site in Kono District, Sierra Leone, in 2020. The country has remained among the world’s poorest, despite extensive natural resources. Credit ...

Sierra Leone’s burgeoning artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector provides critical livelihoods for women and young men in a place where viable income-generating options are few. But the ...