According to a 2003 mining-license agreement, the Octea subsidiary that operates the mine Koidu Limited said it would relocate all households within 500 metres of the mine.

Mining company Octéa Diamond Group, a private company owned by Beny Steinmetz Group (BSGR) was officially launched at a gala event at the group’s flagship Koidu diamond mine in Sierra Leone’s ...

Koidu Limited, Sierra Leone's largest diamond producer, has halted operations and laid off nearly its entire local workforce of more than 1,000 employees following a protracted dispute over pay and ...

Jalloh said Koidu Ltd. could claim that it has no assets in its name, adding, "the consequences are that even if you obtain a judgment, it will be a hollow judgment. "The only way we can overcome ...

According to a 2003 mining-license agreement, the Octea subsidiary that operates the mine Koidu Limited said it would relocate all households within 500 metres of the mine.

Tiffany has announced it has deferred payment of $50m (£33m) of loans it made to Octea to develop the mine while Koidu town council now claims it will take legal action over 2.7bn leones (£ ...

The Union Trust Bank Limited, which is managed and owned by Sierra Leoneans, over the weekend made another milestone in the nation's banking history of the nation, as the decentralization and ...

The army has been deployed to Koidu where two people were killed in clashes on Tuesday, the police said. It is said to be the worst conflict to hit Sierra Leone's lucrative diamond industry in ...

According to a 2003 mining-license agreement, the Octea subsidiary that operates the mine Koidu Limited said it would relocate all households within 500 metres of the mine.

At the foot of a slag heap some 40 metres high, Adi Kalie Bangura showed the black welts that dot his arms and legs that he says are the result of drinking and bathing in water contaminated by Sierra ...