The Times Cash joy for African Minerals It was a good day for Frank Timis, the colourful mining company promoter. His latest venture, African Minerals, an iron ore explorer in Sierra Leone, raised £64 million in a placing of shares at 250p... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
The Independent Letters: Blood diamonds The return of blood diamonds must not be allowed to happen (report, 25 June). The underlying cause of diamond smuggling, and the atrocities it leaves in its wake, is... (photo: Creative Commons / The Obento Musubi) DiamondPhotosPoliticsPovertyWorld