Ellie Goulding admits error over promoting diamonds from controversial Australian mine

Singer ‘mortified’ about wearing diamonds from Argyle mine at centre of environmental concerns about Indigenous land The singer Ellie Goulding has admitted her error at having promoted diamonds at the centre of environmental concerns about Indigenous land in Australia, despite having spent years campaigning on environmental issues – including the effects of mining on ancestral lands. I always strive to uphold those values. A week before the Boodles event in London, it was announced the firm had bought the Argyle Pink Diamonds brand, as well as its inventory, from the mining firm Rio Tinto.