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		The guest house at the Sociedade Mineira de Lucapa (SML) was brimming with officers from the Angolan army's most feared unit, the Commandos.
		Traditional chiefs and garimpeiro gang leaders are warned, as are the handful of United Nations military observers in Lucapa.
		"Lucapa's diamonds have a lovely colour, large size and good weight, and are considered to be the best in the world for making jewellery," says gem expert Jose Gomez.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/sanction/angola/report3.htm (976 words)

	DIAMONDR.htm in Business Recorder on December 02, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Government troops who previously kept order are now confined to barracks in keeping with the terms of the peace accord, so mining companies are using private firms to secure their concessions.
		The settlement of Lucapa was intended to house just 20,000 people, but now over 100,000 live there.
		Lucapa resembles a squatter camp except for neat rows of homes for mining officials, but roads to the town are still not safe enough, so companies have to fly in food and equipment.
	www.paksearch.com /br96/Dec/2/DIAMONDR.htm (718 words)

	G.R. No. L-38162 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In the evening of December 1, 1970 the spouses Jesusimo Aco, 70, and Simeona, 63, and their grandsons, Rodolfo Lucapa, 14, and Jose Ultra (Lucapa) 9, were murdered while asleep in their house located at Sitio Cabalocawe-an, Barrio Quezon, Las Navas, Northern Samar.
		Jesusimo Aco had four wounds, one of which was a stab wound in the abdomen which perforated his small intestine, and two stab wounds in the neck which cut his trachea and innominate vein.
		Rodolfo Lucapa had seventeen wounds some of which injured his lungs, kidney and small intestines, while the boy, Jose Ultra, had nine stab wounds some of which injured his carotid artery.
	www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1980/may1980/gr_38162_1980.html (1070 words)

	War, peace and diamonds in Angola: Popular perceptions of the diamond industry in the Lundas - African Security Review ...
		A training college for mine technicians was established at Lucapa, as well as schools and hospitals in all the main mining towns.
		In Lunda Norte the picture is different, due in part to the frequency of roadblocks where police demand bribes of traders, and in part to the extremely poor condition of the road between Lucapa and Dundo.
		According to traditional leaders in Lucapa, mining companies have evicted people from their fields in the nearby villages of Calonda, Camufue and Samboaje.
	www.iss.org.za /pubs/asr/13No2/AWPearce.htm (7803 words)

	SEC Info - Gee Ten Ventures Inc - 6-K - For 5/13/4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The SAMBUEGE project consists of 2,780 km2 in Lunda Norte This Project is located 40 km to the west and north west of kimberlites at Calonda, and is slightly further from the Luo and Catoca kimberlites located the southeast.
		This project is located 40 kilometres to the west and northwest of kimberlites at Calonda, and is slightly farther from the Luo and Catoca kimberlites located southeast.
		The project Canzama is located in the province of Lunda Sul, south of Lucapa, and east and northeast of the mining operations at Luo and Catoca.
	www.secinfo.com /d12MGs.1jt.htm (2210 words)

	condo in Lucapa.Reviews, Hotels Lucapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		When looking for a booking in Lucapa,you should remember that during peak periods bed and breakfasts might be fully booked early in the town you intend to reserve your condo, so it is always best to book your condo in Lucapa as soon as you know you will be needing a hotel.
		There are a large number of lodge booking engines for Lucapas, so this is very helpful to get an idea of the different types of bed and breakfasts and the normal rate.
		In order to assist you in finding your Lucapa hotel, we have developed an interface that will compare hotel booking engines simultaneously so that you can get the best price for Lucapa.
	www.frequent-traveller.biz /find/Lucapa-31205.php (116 words)

	AllRefer.com - Angola - Diamonds \| Angolan Information Resource
		In 1987 production there averaged 60,000 carats, and about 120,000 carats were produced in the other two mining areas, Andrada and Lucapa.
		The resumption of mining in the area along the Cuango River and a decline in theft of stones of higher value in the Andrada and Lucapa areas have increased the value of output.
		Furthermore, Endiama, which was responsible for overseeing the industry and for holding monthly sales, has benefited from a general improvement in the world diamond market as well as dealers' willingness to pay higher prices in the hope of securing favored treatment in the future.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/angola/angola105.html (846 words)

	An MBendi Profile: Angola - Mining: Diamond Mining - Overview
		Based on the security situation in the country, no work has been carried out, although AMF are keen to begin development once the situation is controlled.
		Sociedade Mineira do Lucapa (SML) was formed in 1992 as a company representing Endiama (51%) and Sociedada Portugese de Empreendimnetos (49%).
		SML, along with operators ITM Mining operate several alluvial concessions in the Lundes, viz the Calonda project that produced 199 000 ct, the Mufuto project that yielded 244 000 ct and the Lucapa project 69 000 ct in 2001.
	www.mbendi.co.za /indy/ming/dmnd/af/an/p0005.htm (2051 words)

	Creamer Media's Mining Weekly Online, South African Mining News :: News Today
		At 1 440 km2 Fucauma is the larger concession, but the 480 km2 Luarica, situated 40 km north-east of Lucapa, seems to be the better project, with a slightly larger stone size.
		However, Baken is special because of the value of the stones, over $600 a carat; in the Luarica and Fucauma concessions about $300 to $350 a carat, so they are worth much less, but we will mine many more of them at a much easier rate," he elaborates.
		Two Illyushin flights have landed at Serimo and, over a weekend in midNovember, the first convoy of equipment was driven to Lucapa.
	www.miningweekly.co.za /min/news/today?show=30500 (1878 words)

	Diamonds.net - News Center
		This estimate is based on the company's knowledge about Angolan diamonds, the history of the civil war in Angola, and its effects on the diamond markets in recent years.
		Cuango Valley diamonds are typically yellow in color and somewhat rounded in appearance, while those from Lucapa tend to be more angular and grayish-white in color.
		This distinction is important, as it allows those in the diamond trade to estimate the source of Angolan diamonds with some degree of accuracy.
	www.diamonds.net /news/newsitem.asp?num=4046&type=all&topic=Conflict (5164 words)

	Sdade Mineira do Lucapa, Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Sdade Mineira do Lucapa is a company in Angola.
		Sdade Mineira do Lucapa is just one of 17 000 entities to be found in Raw Materials Data, the mining industry's most extensive database.
		Below is an example of what can be pulled out of Raw Materials Data.
	www.rmg.se /RMDEntities/S1/LUCAPA.htm (47 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This will once again allow SouthernEra to become a diamond producer in line with the overall objective of remaining a fully integrated diamond mining and exploration company,’ says Dr Chris Jennings, Chairman of SouthernEra Diamonds Inc., which holds an 18 percent free-carried interest in the project.
		Camafuca is one of the largest known undeveloped diamond-bearing kimberlite complexes worldwide and is located in the Lunda Norte province in north-eastern Angola 20 kilometers southeast of the town of Lucapa.
		The project area covers the outcropping primary kimberlite deposits associated with the five Camafuca-Camazambo kimberlite pipes with a combined surface area of 160 hectares.
	www.tacyltd.com /Research_Materials_Full.asp?id=55384 (181 words)

	Professional Jeweler Archive: Angola's Tangled Web
		Skinner manages a prospecting camp at Lucapa, a village near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
		Many are homeless; displaced by a 25-year-long war.
		Near the Lucapa airfield in Northeastern Angola, broken-down airplane “mansions” house the homeless.
	www.professionaljeweler.com /archives/articles/2001/feb01/0201dn.html (1096 words)

	GEE TEN VENTURES INC - GEEVF Report of Foreign Issuer (6-K) Management Discussion and Analysis
		This project is located 40 km to the west and north west of kimberlites at Calonda, and is slightly further from the Luo and Catoca kimberlites located southeast.
		Project Canzama is located in the Province of Lunda Sul, southeast of Lucapa and east and northeast of the mining operations at Luo and Catoca.
		The Luachimo River has been mined for diamonds downstream in the past in a section near to Lucapa and mining in that area may continue.
	sec.edgar-online.com /2004/11/18/0001137171-04-001495/section7.asp (6309 words)

	Lucapa Diamond Mine, Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Lucapa Diamond Mine is an operating mine in Angola.
		In Raw Materials Data you will find production data for diamond carats for 1 year, 2003.
		Lucapa Diamond Mine is just one of 17 000 entities to be found in Raw Materials Data, the mining industry's most extensive database.
	www.rmg.se /RMDEntities/L/LUCAPM.htm (62 words)

	Angola - Diamonds
		In 1987 production there averaged 60,000 carats, and about 120,000 carats were produced in the other two mining areas, Andrada and Lucapa (see Diamond Jewelry).
		The resumption of mining in the area along the Cuango River and a decline in theft of stones of higher value in the Andrada and Lucapa areas have increased the value of output.
		Furthermore, Endiama, which was responsible for overseeing the industry and for holding monthly sales, has benefited from a general improvement in the world diamond market as well as dealers' willingness to pay higher prices in the hope of securing favored treatment in the future.
	countrystudies.us /angola/90.htm (720 words)

	africast.com - News List
		The report said that the attack took place in the northeastern diamond mining center of Lucapa in North Lunda province, some 850 kilometers east of Luanda.
		Lucapa is the site of the Sociedade Mineira da Lucapa, a diamond mining company partly owned by Portuguese investors.
		An army colonel, two security guards and three civilians also died in the fighting, the report added.
	news.africast.com /article.php?newsID=31828&strRegion=Southern (206 words)

	The Namibian \| World News \| Unita pushes ahead in diamond-rich area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The road to Lucapa, 75 km to the north, is passable because it lies within the control of security forces maintained by mining companies.
		But the route north from Lucapa to Dundo on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo border is risky.
		To the south at Dala and southeast at Muconda the situation is somewhat more calm and military escorts can ensure some travel.
	www.namibian.com.na /2000/November/world/00B9C2ECC0.html (618 words)

	Angola diamond deposits, geology, exploration, mining, use - Part III
		X 9 km.) and constituted by a set of faults in echelon, and the whole draws a remarkable grid.
		However, it seems that some detailed geological surveys permitted to localize the oriental extension of the Lucapa Graben, in a zone where precisely the Calonda is rich, but the kimberlites are still unknown.
		The Valley of the River Luachimo: The pipes are concentrated close to the Trench of Lucapa, the group of Sangamina being isolated more to the north.
	www.minelinks.com /alluvial/diamondGeology58.html (1163 words)

	Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The official explained that the measures are part of micro operations of searches done by the sector, intended to control illegal entrance of foreigners in Lunda Norte.
		Alberto Avelino said that the repatriated foreigners are mainly from DR Congo, Nigeria and Senegal, who were caught practising clandestine diamonds prospecting in Lucapa, Cambulo and Chitato municipalities.
		Alberto Avelino considered Mukita, Malúdi and Luaco areas from Lucapa and Cambulo municipalities respectively as the ones with the highest concentration of foreigners who are involved in illegal prospecting of diamonds, in Lunda Norte Province.
	www.queensu.ca /samp/migrationnews/article.php?Mig_News_ID=3744&Mig_News_Issue=21&Mig_News_Cat=2 (138 words)

	Lucapa, AGO Weather - Current Conditions, Forecasts, and Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Lucapa, AGO Weather - Current Conditions, Forecasts, and Maps
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	weather.uk.msn.com /local.aspx?wealocations=wc:7133567 (37 words)

	Articles / Press Releases on polymer and petrochemical industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The discovery will be followed by further drilling in addition to geologic and engineering studies to appraise the field and assess its potential reserves.
		The Lucapa discovery is the 10th exploration discovery made in Block 14 since 1997.
		Jim Blackwell, managing director of the Southern Africa Strategic Business Unit, said, "The Lucapa discovery further confirms our confidence in the world-class hydrocarbon resources in Angola.
	www.polymerupdate.com /Press-Release/details.asp?id=1571 (392 words)

	Operação Kissonde: Os diamantes da humilhação e da miséria
		She added: "The Governor declared that 'the diamond diggers are not dogs, they are people, and I do not want to hear of another digger being killed.'"
		The Governor’s dissatisfaction with the situation was all the greater because a few days earlier, he had received photographs and information about nine diamond diggers who were killed by private security agents in Calonda/ Lucapa, in Lunda-Norte.
		The Lucapa, Calonda, Chitotolo, Mufuto Norte, Yetwene, Luarica and other diamond projects are situated in the area.
	www.cuango.net /kissonde/texto/2_I.htm (1004 words)

	Congo Invest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Diamond companies operating in the Luarica Project, in Lucapa district, eastern Lunda-Norte province, expect to increase their production with the exploration, yet this year, of eight new diamond blocks in the area.
		According to a press note released by the National Diamond Company, which ANGOP had access, the diamond blocks make part of a quantity of more than 20 already identified.
		The perspective for the opening of new blocks will be useful to improve some problems like unemployment facing by population in Lucapa, a district composed by three communes and a population estimated at 111.000 inhabitants.
	www.congoinvest.com /content/fr_actualitesarticles.php?id_rubrique=6&id_article=351 (325 words)

	Agenzia Fides - Agenzia della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli
		On May 5, the Portuguese programme of Voice of America Radio said that people of other nationalities had been arrested in the operation to repatriate illegal immigrants in the diamond areas.
		According to the Radio some 800 Senegalese from Cambulo, Lucapa and Chitato, are now in and around Lucapa, and another 2000, from Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Ivory Coast are in the area of Cafunfo.
		All these people are waiting to be taken to Luanda, from where they should be repatriated.
	www.fides.org /eng/news/2004/0405/07_2291.html (306 words)

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		The mission also urgently recommended targeted distribution of seeds and tools to be accompanied with seed protection rations.
		Meanwhile, a joint WFP and government mission found "serious food insecurity" among residents and displaced in the diamond-rich Lunda Norte provincial municipalities of Lucapa, Chitato and Cambulo.
		The "food insecurity is a result of looting of crops, restricted access to land caused by the nearby ENDIAMA diamond operation, a lack of seeds and tools and exorbitant prices in local markets (in some cases three times higher than those found in Luanda)", WFP said.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=30407 (402 words)

	africanfront.com (AUF)
		It has for that in study the acquisition of a position in SPE - Portuguese Society of Investments, holder of 49 percent of the company Angolan Mining Society of Lucapa, that explores the diamonds in the province of the Lunda-north.
		Other private companies exist, among the ones which builders, that you/they already manifested interest in betting in SPE, which already invested about 17 million stories, in the last decade, in the projecto diamantífero, in Angola.
		The Grupo Espírito Santo is interested in Angola's diamonds and has tried to a portion of SPE (Portuguese Society of Investments) that holds of 49 percent of the company Angolan Mining Society of Lucapa which has diamond concessions in the province of Lunda.
	www.africanfront.com /Grupoespirito.php (532 words)

	[No title]
		An amount estimated at USD 170,000 will be earmarked this year by "Bem Querer" project, for assistance of 3,400 beneficiaries, amongst children and pregnant women, based in Lucapa district and communes, Angola's eastern Lunda-Norte province.
		The company's press officer, Indira Patrício, told local radio station that the works are underway to identify NGOs, religious and traditional entities that, due to local languages, will promote sensitising campaigns and sanitary information in the communities.
		Meanwhile, Lucapa district, with three communes, Camissombo, Capaia and Xá-Cassau, has over 100,000 inhabitants.
	www.osisa.org /node/8405 (157 words)

	[No title]
		A Portuguese group that signed a big, $104 million contract to acquire the Luo project on Oct. 24, Grupo Espirito Santo, is now seeking a stake in another diamond concession located in the basin of the Lucapa and Luachimo rivers.
		The U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) has turned down a request by Nigeria's Solid Minerals Development Ministry for funding for various mining projects such as an airborne geophysical survey of the country, feasibility studies for an asphalt plant and for a power station running on coal.
		Euromoney Seminars is organizing a new conference on gold as a haven in troubled financial times, the "Gold Investment Summit" in London on Nov. (...).
	www.africaintelligence.com /ps/AN/Arch/AMA/AMA_49.asp (534 words)

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