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De Beers S.A. — ▪ South African company world s largest producer and distributor of diamonds. Headquarters are in Johannesburg, S.Af. Diamonds were first discovered in southern Africa in the mid 1860s on the farm of Nicolaas and Diederick de Beer,… … Universalium
De Beers — Type Private Industry Exploration, mining and trading of diamonds Founded 1888 Founder(s) … Wikipedia
De Beers — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Beer. De Beers Fondateurs Cecil Rhodes (1853 1902) Barney Barnato (1851–1897) Personnages clés Nicky Oppenheimer … Wikipédia en Français
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… … Universalium
Rhodes, Cecil — ▪ prime minister of Cape Colony Introduction born July 5, 1853, Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire, Eng. died March 26, 1902, Muizenberg, Cape Colony financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. He was prime minister of Cape… … Universalium
Sperrgebiet — ▪ region, Namibia German“Prohibited Area”also called Diamond Area 1 diamond rich area in the southern Namib (desert), southwestern Namibia, to which access by unauthorized persons is rigidly prohibited. It lies along the Atlantic coast… … Universalium
Oranjemund — ▪ Namibia planned company town in one of the principal gem diamond producing areas of the world, extreme southwestern Namibia. It is located near the Atlantic coast about 5 miles (8 km) north of the mouth of the Orange River, in the sand… … Universalium
Harry Winston — instead of a conventional means of secure transfer. Winston s jewelry empire began with his acquisition of Arabella Huntington s famous jewelry collection. The wife of railroad magnate Henry Huntington, Arabella amassed one of the world s most… … Wikipedia
DIAMOND TRADE AND INDUSTRY — Jews have been prominent in the trade and in working of precious stones, of which diamonds and pearls provided the bulk, from the Middle Ages to the modern era. They took an active part in opening up the diamond markets of India and Brazil, the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
