In Brazil miners seek diamonds

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Areinha - 15 November 2015
1. Various of woman looking for diamonds in gravel
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Areinha - 11 November 2015
2. Various of men looking for diamonds
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Areinha - 16 November 2015
3. Various of man and woman looking for precious stones in gravel
4. Woman showing diamonds in her hand
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Amadeus de Jesus, miner:
"You earn depending on what you obtain, for example this month we (all the miners) earned 25,000 (Brazilian) reais (about 6,000 USD), 850 (Brazilian reais) for me (about 213 USD) in 22 days (of work), which is not bad because it's more than a salary. For a salary I would work 30 days to earn it, but I worked 22 (days) and I earned a little bit more than a salary. So, it's not bad, you know?"
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Areinha - 14 November 2015
6. Various of miner in his house
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Areinha - 16 November 2015
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jose Vanderson, miner:
"It's a culture thing, because 300 years ago mining existed. It was explored by the slaves, and from then on it (diamond mining) hasn't stopped and continues until today. I am raising my family from mining, so mining has only brought us happiness."
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Areinha - 17 November 2015
8. Various of men mining
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Diamantina - 20 November 2015
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Raimundo Miranda, president of the Miner's Cooperative in the Diamantina Region:
"If we managed to obtain the license, we would work with tranquility, legally. (We could) give out receipts for the diamonds to allow the buyers (from outside the region and the country) to come (and buy the diamonds) because they could obtain a receipt, with a certificate of origin. You have seen they are good quality diamonds. So we want to work legally, with tranquility, recovering (the area and damage made on the environment). Our slogan is: mining is our right and to recover is our duty."
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Areinha - 19 November 2015
10. Various of men mining
11. Various of man showing and weighing diamonds
STORYLINE:
In Brazil's Minas Gerais state rural miners explore massive craters left behind by giant mining companies in search of diamonds.
The area around the city of Diamantina has been explored for the precious stone since the time of slavery.
Up to a few years ago, multinational mining companies extracted the stone without concern for the land or the Jequitinhonha River crossing the region.
Today the devastated area known as Areinha is a no man's land where small groups of rural miners try their luck with artisan techniques, using wooden knives, metal pans, large water pumps and no infrastructure.
In hopes of sparing the river any more damage, men and women searching for diamonds work around the riverbed as they try to regulate their mining with authorities.
Locals estimate there are hundreds of people across the region digging for diamonds in groups of 10 or less.
They live in wooden huts without electricity and bathe with water in buckets, barely surviving without a stable income but on rare occasions enjoying a windfall of tens of thousands of dollars.
During the weeks-long mining process, the group excavates the soil down to a layer of gravel of up to 50 metres (about 164 feet) deep.
Rocks are extracted with the help of small pumps powered by old truck engines.
The miners then use their hands to go through the rocks., hoping to find some diamonds.
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