Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Ltd.
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Oppenheimer
- In Sir Ernest Oppenheimer
Two years later he formed Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Ltd. (reformed as the Namdeb Diamond Corp. in 1994). This diamond prospecting corporation was so successful that he gained control of the De Beers Consolidated Mines, which once dominated the world diamond market, and in 1930 established The…
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Oranjemund
- In Oranjemund
…the headquarters of the monopolistic Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Ltd. (a subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.); in 1994 the company was reformed as Namdeb Diamond Corp., an equal partnership between the Namibian government and De Beers. Access to Oranjemund and adjacent areas is restricted by…
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Sperrgebiet
- In Sperrgebiet
…area) sold their interests to Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Ltd. (a subsidiary of the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., of South Africa), which held the monopoly of the mining rights in the Sperrgebiet until 1994, when it was reformed as Namdeb Diamond Corp. The company was an…
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