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KINSHASA — The Kimberley Process watchdog on Tuesday authorised the resumption of diamond sales from two mining sites in Marange, Zimbabwe, where alleged rights violations took place. Zimbabwe conducted a KP-monitored sale last year although countries like Canada and the US opposed it.
Close on the heels of the US and the EU issuing warning to India, the World Diamond Council (WDC) has asked all the members in the international diamond community to refrain from trading in rough diamonds from Zimbabwe until the situation and the status of these goods become clearer.
Countering reports that the Kimberley Process has given Zimbabwe a green light to sell diamonds from the controversial Marange field, the World Diamond Council says such exports have not yet received formal and final approval.
Zimbabwe will hold two auctions this year to sell its stockpile of diamonds mined between 2006 and 2009. The country was granted permission to conduct sales and export diamonds by the Kimberley Process.