And on Friday, the Oppenheimer family sold its 40% stake in diamond miner DE Beers to Anglo American, which some have described as part of a larger succession problem.

周五，奥本海默家族将其持有的钻石矿业公司德比尔斯(De Beers) 40%的股份出售给英美资源公司(Anglo American)，据称后者涉及更为严重的继承问题。

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It agreed to pay the Oppenheimer family (see article) $5.1 billion for their 40% stake in De Beers, the world’s leading diamond miner, to add to the 45% that Anglo already owns.

为了给已经拥有的45％股本的英美资源集团增加股金，它同意支付奥本海默家族51亿美元，该家族占世界主要钻石开采公司戴比尔斯40％的股份。

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Nor does Mr Oppenheimer think a polishing industry is viable in many diamond-producing countries, whatever Mr Leviev says.

ECONOMIST: The diamond cartel

As the Oppenheimer family the longtime owner of the diamond mining, distribution and marketing company prepares to sell its remaining 40 percent share of the company to London-based mining giant Anglo American, it recently announced two moves that will affect its relationship with the U.S. and how it sells diamonds to its network of dealers.

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Nicky Oppenheimer, a cricket-loving scion of the family behind De Beers , is to become chairman of the diamond firm in place of Julian Ogilvie Thompson.

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