BLOOD DIAMOND Definition & Meaning

blood diamond

[ bluhd dahy-muhnd, dahy-uh- ]

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noun

a diamond that is sold, often on the black market, to finance armed conflict in the region of origin:
Many buyers are now refusing to purchase blood diamonds for ethical reasons.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of blood diamond¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

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Chalamet still feels a little like Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2000s, when he was king of the world, pulling in nominations for such films as “The Aviator,” “Blood Diamond” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” but coming up short before finally winning for “The Revenant.”

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I visited Sierra Leone in 2012 to see the reality after the movie “Blood Diamond.”

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For Baldwin, Watanabe and Hounsou, this was their first nomination; only Hounsou has gone on to another nomination, in 2007 for “Blood Diamond.”

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But NCM also has a lot of baggage, due mostly to cobalt, which has been called the “blood diamond of batteries” because it’s been mined in a way that’s endangered child workers and wrecked the environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Cobalt is a key component in this mix, but it’s also the most expensive material in the battery and mined under conditions that often violate human rights, leading it to be called the “blood diamond of batteries.”

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