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Brilliant_Rock
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"On the west coast of Africa, the De Beers Group is using a fleet of specialized ships to drag machinery across the seabed in search of diamonds. In 2018, those ships extracted 1.4 million carats from the coastal waters of Namibia; in 2019, De Beers commissioned a new ship that will scrape the bottom twice as quickly as any other vessel."
This is so very sad and tragic.
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.
www.theatlantic.com
This is so very sad and tragic.