Diamond giant De Beers hunts for treasure in Greenland’s waters
The company surveyed about 800 kilometers of seabed near Maniitsoq last week.
October 5, 2021
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COPENAGHEN/LONDON — Mining giant De Beers has commissioned a survey of the ocean floor off Greenland’s coast in a first step to determine whether it could hold deposits of highly-prized marine diamonds.
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