Billionaire Beny Steinmetz Is Digging for Diamonds Again
- BSGR has restarted mining at Koidu mine in Sierra Leone
- Mine was beset by problems from Ebola to a management dispute
An excavator at the diamond plant in Koidu.
Photographer: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images
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Billionaire Beny Steinmetz is back to mining diamonds.
The Koidu mine in Sierra Leone, controlled by the billionaire’s family trust, has started mining again after halting production for almost a year. It’s the latest step in a recovery for a business that’s spent much of the last few years in deep trouble.