· The diamond mining sector in Zimbabwe today is a far cry from the chaotic and dangerous state that it was in the latter years of the Mugabe regime. The current government expects diamonds to eventually contribute at least $1 billion to its goal of extracting minerals worth $12 billion dollars per annum, which is part of an ambitious …

 · HARARE ( Mining Index) – CABINET has approved the much awaited National Diamond Policy, giving only four companies rights to explore and mine diamonds in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), Murowa Diamonds including two other companies, yet to be named will be mandated to explore and mine …

 · Kamativi Mining Company (KMC) is rapidly spearheading its exploration drive to transform the former tin mine into one of the biggest spodumene and Petalite ore body in Zimbabwe. Rudairo Mapuranga. Recently Mining Zimbabwe visited the mining site to assess the progress of the potentially biggest lithium-producing project in the country and …

 · Zimbabwe started auctioning its diamonds locally in 2014 after having experimented with the Dubai and Antwerp markets. The last auction held at Antwerp …

 · Zimbabwe's top diamond mining firms agree to merge Cecilia Jamasmie | March 17, 2015 | 4:00 am Africa Canada Europe Diamond Zimbabwe's diamond industry will soon be controlled by one firm...

 · Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando confirmed the impending auction, but did not divulge the amount of carats that would be put up for sale. Statistics show that Zimbabwe's diamond production rose to 1,8 million carats last year, up from 961 000 carats mined in 2016. "During the last year in 2017, no diamonds were sold.

 · The Herald Nelson Gahadza Senior Business Reporter Karo Mining Holdings, the South African parent company of Tharisa Capital, says it will invest US$391 million in …

 · Zimbabwe started auctioning its diamonds locally in 2014 after having experimented with the Dubai and Antwerp markets. The last auction held at Antwerp ended in disaster after the precious stones were temporarily seized by Amari platinum and 14 white former commercial farmers after their litigation against the Government. Source: Sunday …

 · The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) was formed in March last year after President Robert Mugabe's government evicted all diamond mining firms in the Marange fields in the east...

 · Controversial Chinese mining company, Anjin operates diamond mining in Zimbabwe at the Chiadzwa mining fields in Marange. Anjin had to shut operations back in 2015 after the Mugabe administration forced the closure of seven mining companies and the subsequent merger of their assets into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company …

Diamond mining in Zimbabwe has a short but turbulent history. The country's diamond resources are concentrated in Marange, in its eastern region near the border with Mozambique. A number of...

 · Corruption claims plagued the sector under the leadership of former president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted in November 2017. ZCDC recovered 1.8 million carats of rough diamonds in 2017, mainly from Marange, and a further 1.6 million carats in the first half of this year. It planned to unearth 3 million carats in 2018.

 · "Through various policy interventions, a foundation for the achievement of a US$12 billion industry has been and is being laid out," said the Minister of Mines and Mining Development Winston Chitando in The Sunday Mail. "Murowa Diamonds intends to invest upwards US$450 million in the expansion of diamond production.

 · (IDEX Online) - Zimbabwe's state-owned diamond miner is reportedly "on the brink of collapse" after the country's president allowed Chinese mining giant Anjin to resume operations. The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company is currently "facing critical challenges that severely threatened its viability," according to an investigation by the ...

 · Murowa Diamonds, a subsidiary of RioZim Limited, has set the tone unveiling plans to plough in US$450 million for an extensive expansion drive at their operation in the Midlands Province. Elsewhere, the world's largest diamond mining concern — Alrosa — which boasts of an annual turnover of 35 million carats has made huge strides at the ...

 · The Chronicle Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE'S largest platinum miner, Zimplats, has spent US$400 000 on exploration projects and a further US$1.1 million committed to the same as at 30...

 · The Pollution Fallout From Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds, Yale Environment 360, 24 May 2012; Legal Documents. Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association and Zakeu Nhachi and Rosemary Maruwa Jena and Elias Matsveruka and Mayimboti Mayimboti and Isaac Ziwenjere v Anjin Investments Limited and Marange Resources Limited and …

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 · The arrival of huge mining corporations has left thousands in Marange feeling like prisoners in their own ancestral land. Trevor Kusena, 19, struggles to walk from his cottage to the veranda at his family home in Betena, a village in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe. As soon as he sits down, a dog from the neighbouring house starts barking. Kusena recoils …

 · Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando confirmed the impending auction, but did not divulge the amount of carats that would be put up for sale. …

 · Officials say they hope visit can put to rest claims of human-rights abuses by security forces in diamond-mining fields

 · Zimbabwe merged diamond mining companies previously operating in Chiadzwa diamond fields into ZCDC as Government moved in to ensure accountability. The companies that used to mine diamonds in Chiadzwa include Mbada, Anjin, Marange Resources, Gye Nyame and Diamond Mining Corporation.

 · Zimbabwe's diamonds bring wealth for a few, despair for many By Farai Shawn Matiashe March 2, 2022 1 The arrival of huge mining corporations has left thousands in Marange feeling like prisoners in their own ancestral land. A tiny bridge which connects Masvingo road and the diamond mining fields via Odzi River. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe.

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 · THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) will this week receive $30 million worth of mining equipment from Belarus paving way for the start of …

 · Marange's 2014 diamond production is expected to reach nearly 17 million carats, valued at $53.10 per carat, the lowest of any major producer except Australia. (The two other mining operations in …

 · Once again the power of international solidarity has helped secure the release of activists supporting the global fight for popular mining sovereignty and basic human …

Zimbabwe Mining quarterly Magazine is the quarterly prime source of mining news in Zimbabwe. Despite the economic downturn of the previous decade, mining has emerged …

 · "We contend that diamond mining presents a significant opportunity for the country to generate the much-needed foreign currency and also clear external debt," Morgan&Co said in a note to its clients last week. "Our view is that Zimbabwe should deal with the debt overhang by leveraging off strategic minerals such as diamonds.

 · Cabinet has now said it will allow two other unnamed companies to venture into diamond mining but has given conditions for this. Zimbabwe's new diamond policy allows more than 49% foreign ownership

Zimbabwe's former finance minister, Tendai Biti, recently estimated that mining companies might have looted as much as US$14 billion from Zimbabwe over the past seven years. …

 · The Zimbabwe government has installed a crushing plant at its Marange diamond deposit as it aims to shift from alluvial operations to higher-value mining. The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) hopes to increase annual output to 10 million carats within the next five years, the nation's Ministry of Information, Publicity and ...

 · Zimbabwe is targeting to grow diamond production from 3,5 million to 12 million carats by 2025, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has said. …