Zimbabwe declared that it has been given an ultimatum to demilitarise recently discovered diamond fields in the eastern parts of the country following an investigation by the Kimberly Process. For full story, click here
The Kimberly Process Review Mission to Zimbabwe, led by Liberia’s Deputy Minister of Planning and Development Mr Alfred Kpandel Fayia, yesterday visited River Ranch diamond mine, with the plant manager assuring the world that they had state-of-the art security systems in place to curb the smuggling of the resource. For full story, click here
The Kimberly Process, the international body created to curb trade in gems used to fund conflict, will visit Zimbabwe again next week to investigate claims of diamond smuggling and related violence. For full story, click here
Zambia has failed to earn revenue from diamond mining because the country is not a signatory of the Kimberly Protocol that governs the sale of the stone world wide, Mines Minister Maxwell Mwale told journalists here on Tuesday. For full story, click here
Tuesday, July 7, 2009