Entering the 21st century, some major events happened in the international industrial diamond industry.

进入21世纪，国际工业金刚石行业发生了一些重大事件。

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One of Europe's busiest ports, it has been a center of the diamond industry since the15th century.

它是欧洲最繁忙的港口之一，从15世纪开始就是一个钻石工业中心。

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One of Europe's busiest ports, it has been a center of the diamond industry since the 5th century.

它是欧洲最繁忙的港口之一，从5世纪开始就是一个钻石工业中心。

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There are also a glittering pair of 19th-century diamond ear pendants Leighton lent on numerous occasions to the late Harper's Bazaar Editor Liz Tilberis , who succumbed to ovarian cancer in 1999.

FORBES: Bling On The Block

In his sights is a status unrivaled in the raw materials sector since Cecil Rhodes held sway over much of southern Africa in the 19th century through the diamond trading company he founded, De Beers.

FORBES: BY TIM TREADGOLD

The system today works in much the same way as it did when Cecil Rhodes first hatched his plans for a diamond empire a century ago.

ECONOMIST: THE DIAMOND BUSINESS