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Zimbabwe bans all diamond exports

Zimbabwe bans all diamond exports

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has banned all diamond exports, including from a Rio Tinto unit, until gemstones from its controversial Marange fields are certified by the Kimberley Process, the mines minister said on Thursday. Obert Mpofu accused Western countries of using the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme, which regulates the global diamond trade, [...]

Business May 27, 2010 5:08 am 0 comments

Police grab diamonds from central bank

Police grab diamonds from central bank

Harare – A 29kg consignment of diamonds from Zimbabwe’s controversial Chiadzwa diamond field has disappeared after being removed on Thursday night by police from the central bank, in violation of orders by the country’s supreme court, lawyers said at the weekend. The incident is the latest turn in the long-running legal dispute between British-registered mining [...]

Business, News February 7, 2010 9:28 pm 0 comments

Rio Tinto's diamond chief heads to Zim

Rio Tinto's diamond chief heads to Zim

Mining giant Rio Tinto is content with its Zimbabwe diamond operation and intends to push forwards with the Murowa venture, Harry Kenyon-Slaney, Rio’s chief executive of diamonds and minerals said.   Speaking at the Mining Indaba conference, Kenyon-Slaney told Mining Weekly that he would be visiting Zimbabwe this week in order to meet with local [...]

Business February 4, 2010 11:37 am 0 comments

Remarks by Zwizwai on Marange inaccurate

The MDC has described as unfortunate and inaccurate remarks by MDC Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Murisi Zwizwai, that there were no killings in the Chiadzwa mining area of Manicaland province. In a statement the party said the remarks were premature and inaccurate in the absence of an investigation into the murky dealings [...]

Business, Statements July 1, 2009 3:03 pm 0 comments

End Repression in Marange Diamond Field

End Repression in Marange Diamond Field

(Johannesburg) – Zimbabwe’s armed forces are engaging in the forced labor of children and adults, and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of Marange district in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The military, which remains under the control of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front [...]

Statements June 27, 2009 8:36 am 1 comment
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