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Diamond company’s listing put on hold

    JOHANNESBURG

    The listing of Oryx Diamonds on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was put on hold on Tuesday due to an investigation launched by the LSE into the activities of the company, media reports said.

    Oryx, which mines diamonds in territory held by Zimbabwean troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has at least two senior Zimbabwean government ministers among its shareholders. The reports said the decision to put on hold its listing could be related to the British government’s campaign against the sale of diamonds from war-torn areas in Africa.

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