Endiama
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Endiama is the national diamond
company of Angola
and it is the exclusive concessionary of mining rights
in the domain of diamonds. Angola's state-run diamond company Endiama produced 8.55 million carats of diamonds in 2010. Antonio Carlos Sumbula is the president of the corporation. The company is based at the Edificio Endiama in Luanda
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Endiama's mining operations, each of which is a company in its own right:
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
company of Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
and it is the exclusive concessionary of mining rights
Mineral rights
- Mineral estate :Ownership of mineral rights is an estate in real property. Technically it is known as a mineral estate and often referred to as mineral rights...
in the domain of diamonds. Angola's state-run diamond company Endiama produced 8.55 million carats of diamonds in 2010. Antonio Carlos Sumbula is the president of the corporation. The company is based at the Edificio Endiama in Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
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Operations
Subsidiaries; links are to the subsidiaries' pages at Endiam's main site:- SODIAM/Sociedade de Comercialização de Diamantes de Angolahttp://www.endiama.co.ao/sodiam.php diamond purchasing; diamond sales; diamond trade management; company works to combat illegal diamond trade
- ENDIAMA Prospecção & Produção/ENDIAMA P & Phttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=pp diamond prospectingProspectingProspecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking.Prospecting is a small-scale form of mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore...
and miningMiningMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock... - Enditrade/Sociedade Enditradehttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=enditrade transport and logistics; transport of oreOreAn ore is a type of rock that contains minerals with important elements including metals. The ores are extracted through mining; these are then refined to extract the valuable element....
and diamonds between mining and processing facilities; produces lubricants in association with Sonangol; has recently begun producing heavy industrial equipment in association with its own subsidiary Endibell - Fundação Brilhante/FBhttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=fb social programs; cultural programs
- Clínica Sagrada Esperança/CSEhttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=cse an 80 bed hospitalHospitalA hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
in Luanda; medical specialties represented include cardiologyCardiologyCardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
, neurosurgeryNeurosurgeryNeurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...
, neurologyNeurologyNeurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
, gynecology, obstetricsObstetricsObstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
, etc etc - Air Diamantes Angola/ADAhttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=ada - company aviationAviationAviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
- Grupo Desportivo Sagrada EsperançaGrupo Desportivo Sagrada EsperançaGrupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, usually known as Sagrada Esperança, is a football club from Dundo, Angola. The club won its first title, the Angolan Cup, in 1988....
/GDSEhttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=gdse - "Sagrada Esperança", a major league football club in DondoDondoDondo is a city and seat of Dondo District of Sofala Province in Mozambique.According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme following decentralization of political structure in Mozambique in the 1990s, a study in 1998 revealed that elected leaders in the city for Sofala Province lacked...
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Endiama's mining operations, each of which is a company in its own right:
- Associacao Chitotolohttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=chitotolo (35% ownership) located in N'Zagi - Lunda NorteLunda NorteLunda Norte is a province of Angola. It has an area of 103,000 km² and a population of approximately 850,000. Angola's first President, Agostino Neto, made Lucapa the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later moved to Dundo. Municipalities in this province includeShah-Muteba,...
; besides mining, Chitololo is involved in education via its Projecto Educar - Sociedade de Desenvolvimento MineiroSociedade de Desenvolvimento MineiroSociedade de Desenvolvimento Mineiro is a mixed Angolan public mining company and holds the mining rights in an area of concession of 2,950 km2, located in the hydrological basin of Cuango River, Lunda Norte Province....
(SDM) http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=sdm, in CuangoCuangoCuango is a town and municipality in Lunda Norte Province in Angola....
, 50% ownership in association with OdebrechtOdebrechtOdebrecht S.A. is a Brazilian conglomerate in the fields of engineering, construction, chemicals and petrochemicals. The company was founded in 1944 in Salvador da Bahia by Norberto Odebrecht, and is now present in South America, Central America, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the...
in Brasil. - Sociedade Mineira de Catoca/CatocaCatoca diamond mineThe Catoca diamond mine is the fourth largest diamond mine in the world, and is located in Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of international mining interests, including Endiama , Alrosa of Russia , Odebrecht of Brazil , and the Diamond Finance CY BV Group...
http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=catoca 32.8%, in association with Almazzi Rossi and AlrosaAlrosaZAO ALROSA , is Russia's largest diamond company. Alrosa is engaged in the exploration, mining, manufacture and sale of diamonds. The company's operations are located primarily in the Sakha Republic/Yakutsk region. Alrosa accounts for approximately 25% of the world's rough diamond supply and 97%...
in Russia, Daumonty Financing Company in Israel and Odebrecht Mining Services in Brasil. - Sociedade Mineira do Angola, Lda (20%)
- Projecto Fucaúma/Fucauma diamond mineFucauma diamond mineThe Fucauma Diamond Mine is a diamond mine under construction in the Lunda Norte Province of Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 40 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 35 % ownership....
http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=fucaúma 40% owned in association with Trans Hex and others; - Projecto Luarica/Luarica diamond mineLuarica diamond mineThe Luarica diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Angola. The mine is owned by a consortium of diamond mining companies, the two largest holders being Endiama with 38 percent ownership and Trans Hex with 32 percent ownership....
http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=luarica 38% owned in association with Transhex, Micol and others - Sociedade Mineira do Lucapa/SML http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=sml 51% owned by Endiama, 49% owned by Sociedade Portuguesa de Empreendimentos/SPE; operations are located in the Chicapa River and Luachimo River basins.
- Sociedade Mineira do Camatchia-Camagico/LUÓLuoLuo may refer to:*Luo , a group of related African ethnic groups.*Luo , a people of Kenya and Tanzania, part of the above named group...
http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=luó a joint venture formed in 2003 with Hipergesta, Angodiam and ESCOM-Alrosa/Espírito SantoEspírito SantoEspírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...
and AlrosaAlrosaZAO ALROSA , is Russia's largest diamond company. Alrosa is engaged in the exploration, mining, manufacture and sale of diamonds. The company's operations are located primarily in the Sakha Republic/Yakutsk region. Alrosa accounts for approximately 25% of the world's rough diamond supply and 97%...
. - Chimbongo http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=chimbongo
- Alfa 5 http://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=alfa%205 diamond production
- Projecto Yetwenehttp://www.endiama.co.ao/emp.php?cat=yetwene 50% owned, in association with Mining BV/Grupo Lev Leviev; located in the Camissombo exploration area in the province of Lunda NorteLunda NorteLunda Norte is a province of Angola. It has an area of 103,000 km² and a population of approximately 850,000. Angola's first President, Agostino Neto, made Lucapa the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later moved to Dundo. Municipalities in this province includeShah-Muteba,...
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See also
- Conflict diamondConflict diamondIn relation to diamond trading, conflict diamond refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity, usually in Africa where around two-thirds of the world's diamonds are extracted.-Angola:Angola, a colony...
- Diamonds as an investmentDiamonds as an investment-History:Diamonds have been treasured as gemstones since the ancient times. Popularity of diamonds has risen since the 19th century because of successful advertising in spite of a greatly increased supply. Diamonds are not normally used as a mainline store of value during times of crisis, because...
- André Action Diakité JacksonAndré A. JacksonAndré Action Diakité Jackson , , more commonly known by his African clan name "M’Zée Fula-Ngenge" , is a diamond industrialist and head of JFPI Corporation, Africa's largest holding company....