Zimbabwe Gets Green Light for Marange Diamond Exports
Mining Weekly reported Zimbabwe has been given the green light to start rough diamond exports from the Marange region.
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Blood Diamond Trade Resuming in Zimbabwe?
The controversial ban on Zimbabwe’s exporting of “blood” diamonds is over, according to Deputy Mines Minister Gift Chimanikire, who insists the country has been given written permission to hold two diamond auctions this year by the Kimberley Process (KP), an international body set up to monitor the distribution of conflict minerals. Members of the international diamond trading community and human rights groups have responded to this claim with confusion because as of today, KP spokespersons are denying that any such permission has been given. “No decision has been made yet,” said the new KP chairperson Yamba Mathieu Lapfa Lambang of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which took over the role as chair of the conflict diamond watchdog organization from Israel on January 1, 2011.
Directors of Zimbabwe diamond venture held for fraud
Reuters.com reports that six directors have been arrested in connection with the controversial Marange gem fields
Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports, says met terms
Reuters.com reports that as Zimbabwe claims that it has met all of its regulatory terms, it intends to resume selling diamonds from the controversial Marange fields.
New Reclamation Petitioned by Group Over Zimbabwe Diamond Mine `Clean-Up’
Bloomberg.com reports that alleged human rights abuses have prompted a South African advocacy group to petition New Reclamation Group Ltd. for additional information about the relocation of communities on Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields.
Diamonds: New Economic Powers Fight for Control
The fight for control of natural resources is heating up between the two fastest growing economies. In a secret deal with Zimbabwe, the Chinese military has secured permits to mine the Marange diamond fields. India, looking to control its supply of rough stones for Surat’s cutting and polishing sector is looking to aide African Nations with medicines, and infrastructure projects.
Daimond fields or a war zone?
Govt had to deploy armed security personnel in the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Marange to quell gun battles between illegal panners and the police that have claimed the lives of several people. For full story, click here
