One hundred million or three hundred million—it depends upon who you believe. According to an article in the Zimbabwe Standard posted on February 13th, sur $100 million worth of diamonds have allegedly gone missing. Cependant, in another article, the Times Live reports that the real total is 300 millions. The Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, noted

In this interview, Tim Ingle, of Ingle & Rhode, a leading UK ethical jeweler, discusses issues related to ethical jewelery with Mike Angenent. Mike is based in Belgium and is very active in the ethical gemstone world, as founder of Open Source Minerals www.opensourceminerals.com and Jewelrytree Foundation www.jeweltreefoundation.org. Mike frequently contributes to FJA with both

Mars 1, 2011: North Kivu Province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Introduction: Pour la première fois,, people of the Congo speak out about The Dodd Frank Bill that aims to stop the sale of conflict minerals into the USA. Leaders of cooperatives representing 20,000 small scale miners and their extended community of 100,000 personnes, lend