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blood diamond
[ bluhd dahy-muhnd, dahy-uh- ]
noun
- a diamond that is sold, often on the black market, to finance armed conflict in the region of origin:
Many buyers are now refusing to purchase blood diamonds for ethical reasons.
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blood diamond1
Example Sentences
Chalamet still feels a little like Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2000s, when he was king of the world, pulling in nominations for such films as âThe Aviator,â âBlood Diamondâ and âThe Wolf of Wall Streetâ but coming up short before finally winning for âThe Revenant.â
I visited Sierra Leone in 2012 to see the reality after the movie âBlood Diamond.â
For Baldwin, Watanabe and Hounsou, this was their first nomination; only Hounsou has gone on to another nomination, in 2007 for âBlood Diamond.â
But NCM also has a lot of baggage, due mostly to cobalt, which has been called the âblood diamond of batteriesâ because itâs been mined in a way thatâs endangered child workers and wrecked the environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cobalt is a key component in this mix, but itâs also the most expensive material in the battery and mined under conditions that often violate human rights, leading it to be called the âblood diamond of batteries.â
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