The president of the Surat Diamond Association, C.P.Vanani, says at least half the diamond units have shut down, while others are working below capacity.
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The company is working with Diamond Multimedia, creators of the Rio, to release some of its content in a secure format that can be played on the device.
Diamond has been working for some time to get its "Crystal Lab" ready for Level 3 work, and the Oxford researcher used the US conference to announce that the preparation was now complete.