▲ 96 ▼ The natural diamond industry is getting rocked. You can thank the lab-grown variety for that | CBC News (www.cbc.ca) submitted 1 year ago by troyunrau@lemmy.ca to c/mining@lemmy.ca 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab grown diamonds. And that’s having a big impact on the diamond mining industry — including for Canada.
[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fuck DeBeers permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Was working late once, my foreman wanted to get some beer to bring home as we'd be finished at 2am so nothing would be open. He says he's just going to pop out quick as there's a beer shop around the corner. He came back and hour later having walked to the actual closest shop because DeBeers doesn't sell De Beers....🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Was working late once, my foreman wanted to get some beer to bring home as we'd be finished at 2am so nothing would be open. He says he's just going to pop out quick as there's a beer shop around the corner. He came back and hour later having walked to the actual closest shop because DeBeers doesn't sell De Beers....🤷 permalink fedilink source parent