At times of economic and political turmoil, investors buy gold since it is considered a safe investment.
And during the current recession, gold has lived up to its reputation. Its price peaked at more than a thousand dollars an ounce.
But for those at the bottom of the gold industry ladder, there is little reward.
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"