Industry Analysis Diamond Industry (Gem Based diamonds) The Diamond industry is essentially broken up into 3 segments: 1. Industrial Diamonds—natural and synthetic diamonds that are used in a wide range of manufacturing processes for their physical properties. 2. Jewelry Diamonds—rough diamonds cut for use as gemstones in jewelry. 3. Investment Diamonds—high-quality large gemstones‚ often with special characteristics‚ purchased for investment. The Jewelry and Investment segments together
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Marks each ) | | Case 1 | Conflict Diamonds | | | During the late 1990s South African diamond product De Beers and other companies on the diamond industry discovered that some of the diamonds they were buying or selling came from groups who used the proceeds to finance brutal civil wars. In Sierra Leone‚ rebels took control of diamond mines by systematically chopping off the arms and hands of as many as 20‚000 children‚ women and men until the diamond operations were turned over to them. Similarly
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Diamond Chemicals PLC Executive Summary Diamond Chemicals is considering two mutually exclusive projects‚ the Merseyside project and the Rotterdam project‚ for the production of polypropylene When considering the Merseyside project‚ senior-management wants a positive impact on earnings per share. The addition to earnings per share was £28‚800 with an average addition of £2‚000 per year2. Calculated with erosion‚ the addition to earnings per share was £18‚800 with an average addition of £1
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YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was a guide in Papua - New Guinea that Dr. Diamond met‚ once asked him‚ “Why is it
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1. Reading for this Lecture Porter M. (1990)‚ The Competitive Advantage of Nations‚ Chapters 3&4 2. Why Location Matters The ways that firms create and sustain competitive advantage in global industries provides the necessary foundation for understanding the role of the home nation in the process. There are five premises we must understand relating to national advantage: 1) The nature of competition and the sources of competitive advantage differ widely among industries and industry segments
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a project report on THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES SUBMITTED BY ESHA PAREKH T.Y.B.M.S. [SEMESTER V] DIV.: A ROLL NO.: 35 ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 – 2012 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. GOVIND SOWANI DATE OF SUBMISSION 15TH SEPTEMBER 2011 SVKM’s NARSEE MONJEE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS Vile Parle (w)‚ Mumbai - 400 056 Submitted to University of Mumbai DECLARATION I‚ Ms. ESHA PAREKH‚ of SVKM’s Narsee Monjee College of Commerce
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GLS 100 Minerals and Mineral Resources The diamond is a rare mineral that is used for many different things in today’s world. Diamonds are composed of carbon know as the chemical symbol C. In a diamond the carbon atoms are covalently bonded to one another. The physical properties of the diamond consist of colors of yellow‚ brown‚ gray‚ white‚ blue‚ black‚ reddish‚ greenish and colorless. The luster is adamantine to waxy. The specific gravity is 3.5‚ which is about the average for a mineral.
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org Introduction SECTOR: GEMS & JEWELLERY SUB-SECTOR: Cast and Diamonds-Set Jewellery OCCUPATION: Casting REFERENCE ID: G&J/Q2505 Diamond Assorter: A Diamond Assorter is also known as ‘Assorter’ in cast and diamond-set jewellery manufacturing in India. An assorter‚ sorts diamonds according to its cut‚ carat‚ colour and clarity. Brief Job Description: Individuals working as assorter have to separate polished diamonds and group them into lots having similar characteristics and reject which
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Cathy Danh Science 8 Mr. O’Rourke November 19‚ 2013 Hope Diamond The two articles‚ “The Hope Diamond Curse” and “Curses Debunked” are both decent articles. The first article about the Hope Diamond being cursed is telling you about the legend of the diamond and how everyone who had the diamond had misfortunes. “Curses Debunked” is saying how the legend is fake and not reasonable. I believe that “Curses Debunked” is more convincing for many reasons. The first few sentences of “Curses
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around? UCLA geology professor and Pulitzer prize winner Jared Diamond delves into this issue in his 1997 talk‚ “Why Did Human History Unfold Differently On Different Continents For The Last 13‚000 Years?” He argues: over the last 13‚000 years‚ biological and evolutionary patterns have had a dramatic effect on human population numbers‚ technology development‚ disease proliferation‚ and the determination of conquest and land domination. Diamond supports his claims by raising questions about human history
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