Miner of multi-million euro diamond remains in hiding

A YOUNG miner thought it was his lucky day when he found a huge diamond while sweating it out in the west African forests of Guinea.

But yesterday he probably felt he was too lucky: finding a 182-carat stone that everyone starting with the government of Guinea wants a piece of.

Now the stone, four times the size of the famous Hope diamond, is tucked away deep in the vaults of Guinea's Central Bank.