Is the Kimberley Process Dead? Does Anybody Know or Care?

A miner holds the fruit of his labor at the Marange mine.

While the international jewelry industry was meeting in Las Vegas this week, the big news was coming out of Africa as the Voice of America and other publications reported that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is in “turmoil” after South Africa announced that it will purchase diamonds mined at the controversial Marange diamond