Most of Boart Longyear's employees and revenues in the mid-1990s came from international operations.

To illustrate the point he drew the stylus of boart across the glass top of the desk.

Hettie looked dubiously from Boart to "I don't, what's that mean?

Bort or boart is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of non-gem-grade/quality diamonds.

Boart paused portentously.

With diverse products and services and decades of international experience, the Boart Longyear Company seemed well prepared to enter the new century.

His father is the chairman of the Boart Longyear Company, a mining services concern in Sandton.

In May 2002 Electrolux acquired Diamant Boart.

Mr. Liotier worked for Diamant Boart, a company that regularly bought industrial diamonds from G.E.

Perhaps, but what the Justice Department's investigators found intriguing was who owned Diamant Boart and what transpired at the dinner and afterward.

In 2005, Boart Longyear was acquired by the private equity firms Advent International, Bain Capital, and several management investors.

Diamant Boart S.A. is a world-leading manufacturer and distributor of diamond tools and related equipment for the construction and stone market.

In Columbia, S.C., an official of Diamant Boart America, said, "We really can't comment because of the ongoing investigation."

Despite ownership by Anglo American for more than 30 years, Boart Longyear was considered a non-core asset for the Johannesburg based mining company.

And later in 2002, Diamant Boart was acquired by Husqvarna Construction Products, a division of Husqvarna AB.

The advantages of the genuine Q system quickly generated industry-wide acceptance of Boart Longyear's wireline technology, securing the Company's place in the history of drilling technology.

Known customers of inthinc include Boart Longyear, American Pest, Cintas, Barrick Gold and McCall Services.

In 2008 Boart Longyear acquired Eklund Drilling, Britton Brothers, Aqua Drilling and Westrod Engineering.

FACTS was dissolved when Boart International (a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American) bought out CDP's interest in Longyear.

In late 2012, CEO Craig Kipp resigned amidst slowdowns in mineral business and capital expenditure revisions, leading market to believe further deterioration of Boart's revenue is expected.

Since the sale by Anglo American, management has undertaken a number of ownership changes, restructuring initiatives, and acquisitions, establishing Boart Longyear as a global leader in mining exploration services and products.

Richard O'Brien, former CEO of Newmont Mining Corporation, joined Boart Longyear as CEO on April 1, 2013.

But G.E. argues that Mr. Liotier was operating solely as an executive of Diamant Boart and that there was no agreement with De Beers to fix prices.

The Government's case depended on proving that Mr. Liotier was acting not as a G.E. customer, but for De Beers, which owned part of Diamant Boart's parent company.

At first Zouga had thought it to be black boart, the almost worthless industrial diamond; but his heart bounced suddenly as the poor light caught it and he saw the deep emerald colour flash from its heart.