Marketplace Africa: Exploring South Africa's Role in the Diamond Industry Plus China's Increasing Taste for Diamonds

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Robyn Curnow reports on how China has become the world's second largest consumer of diamonds. Also she questions how can Africa's mines keep up with Asia's growing demand. And Philip Barton, CEO of Debeers Consolidated Mines talks about why the Oppenheimer family have decided to sell their stake in Debeers, the future of the Kimberley Process and why diamonds are like no other rocks in the world.

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