Principally for export. Obviously a good deal of the coal is or was used within the country, but the main markets for gem and industrial diamonds are abroad, earning money for the country.
Given that Africa is the biggest provider of the worlds diamonds and since Coal is essential for the production of diamonds it would stand to reason that Africa has quite large coal resources
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Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds, Gold, Oil, Coal.
Coal has been called 'black diamonds'. This is probably because coal and diamonds are both formed from carbon.
Diamonds, gold, timber and coal
* Diamonds * Culture diversity * Coal * Platinum * Oil
Gold and Diamonds/Coal
No. Diamonds and coal are both allotropes of carbon. Coal and diamonds are not made from one another.
Coal and diamonds are both forms of carbon.
Diamonds in the Coal was created on 1992-01-14.
Chrome, Diamonds, copper and fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
Diamonds are found in coal mines because both diamonds and coal form under similar geologic conditions deep within the Earth's crust. When the intense heat and pressure are present during the formation of coal, it provides an environment where diamonds can also crystallize. This is why diamonds can occasionally be found in coal mines.