He was a diamond in the rough when he arrived in South Africa in 1870; he later dominated the diamond industry
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an investigation by Britain's Department of Trade and Industry later found, ... Last 
fall, with Minorco's bid for Gold Fields foundering, he was back in... [DOC] [TLE] heart_of_the_matter-full-2000-01-eng.doc - Partnership Africa Canada [PAR] He worked as an investigative journalist in Sierra Leone between 1990 and 1996
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..... 115 million carats of rough diamonds with a market value of US $6.7 billion.