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Nov 17 2019 The Marange area of Zimbabwe has in recent years produced large quantities of diamonds. BOD entered into a joint venture JV with Aim-listed Vast Resources over a concession in the Marange area.
A parallel trade in Marange diamonds continues to thrive with the full knowledge and complicity of top officials in the Ministry of Mines military and other key state-run mining enterprises. The theft of Marange diamonds is perhaps the biggest single plunder of diamonds the
accountability. According to Chidhakwa plans to overhaul chiadzwa diamond mining operations were triggered by alleged pillage and graft. Civic Society has been calling for government to review mining contracts for companies mining in Marange for the past 6 years in order to stop natural resource plunder and promote sustainable mining but was
Apr 10 2018 Zimbabwes state diamond company is planning to introduce contract sales as part of a strategy to revive operations and bring greater transparency at the controversial Marange fields. The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company ZCDC resumed its tender sales in the first quarter of this year after suspending sales for nine months to get its house in.
rapid developments in diamond mining. In 2008 the Government of Zimbabwe in partnership with private mining companies began mining in the Marange diamond fields. Mining here led to the eviction and relocation of communities from the Chiadzwa area to Arda Transau a semi-urban area on the outskirts of Mutare about 80 km from Chiadzwa.
Apr 16 2015 The contract Liebenberg obtained for the Ferrantes allows them to purchase up to 30.000 carats per month in Marange diamonds meaning they are purchased from Anijn Mbada or CIF. I sent my cousin up to Ghana to help the Ferrante with the equipment in the new ventures with Lorenzo Palazzo said Liebenberg.
Sep 01 2021 Parts of the Marange community have been declared protected areas a euphemism for taking away their civic liberties to secure diamond fields that continue to be plundered since government took over in November 2008 Diamonds worth hundreds of millions of dollars continue to be looted from Marange annually said CNRG.
Dec 12 2012 Politics has dominated everything happening in Marange since the discovery of diamonds in 2006. Three of the four companies mining diamonds in Marange are joint ventures between some private companies and the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation ZMDC whilst the fourth Marange Resources is wholly owned by the Zimbabwe government through .
Nov 03 2011 Illegal diamond mining in the rich diamond area of Marange in Zimbabwe is more widespread than has been previously reported my two-month
accountability. According to Chidhakwa plans to overhaul chiadzwa diamond mining operations were triggered by alleged pillage and graft. Civic Society has been calling for government to review mining contracts for companies mining in Marange for the past 6 years in order to stop natural resource plunder and promote sustainable mining but was
The prolific Marange diamond field is a tar-get. BOD has a joint venture agreement with Vast Resources on a specific concession in the Marange field. The award of the licence has been imminent for a while now. The award of the licence will pave the way for rapid exploration which will include trial mining. Apart from Marange BOD has continued to
Feb 17 2017 Initially referred to as Condurango Investments trading as Mbada Diamonds the company was owned 50 by Marange Resources a Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation ZMDC subsidiary while the other 50 was owned by Grandwell Holdings Limited a subsidiary of the New Reclamation Group of South Africa.
Apr 10 2020 The Kremlin-controlled diamond mining concern Alrosa was immediately granted a concession in Marange but nothing much could be scrutinized under this deal. It
Apr 08 2014 Marange Diamond Land and Human Rights abuses Zimbabwe. Description Marange diamond fields were known to the public in 2006 triggering a diamond rush which lasted for 3 to 4 years. At the height of artisanal mining in 2008 an estimated 40 000 artisanal miners and diggers were now living in the diamond fields.
In 2010 the community of Marange faced forced relocation due to diamond mining operations. Initially 136 families were earmarked for relocation the number of families has since risen to 4321. The companies involved in mining projects included Mbada Diamonds Diamond Mining Corporation Canadile Anjin Jinan Rera Diamonds and Marange Resources.
Jun 29 2018 The Parly report failed to disclose the contracts or mining agreements for all the entities that were mining diamonds in Marange. No contract disclosures. Contract disclosure creates opportunities for citizens to assess if the terms and conditions of mining deals are fair or not.
Dec 12 2012 Politics has dominated everything happening in Marange since the discovery of diamonds in 2006. Three of the four companies mining diamonds in Marange are joint ventures between some private companies and the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation ZMDC whilst the fourth Marange Resources is wholly owned by the Zimbabwe government through .
Their lives changed for the better. The formal diamond mining seems to indicate that it brought misery and more poverty to the locals. This revelation sets a bad precedent to other mining companies given that it is a State-Owned Enterprise SOE. Its formation in 2015 was mainly premised on the need to sanity into diamond mining sector.
Jun 25 2013 The mining of conglomerate requires major investments in explorations drilling blasting and process equipment capital experts and labour Mbada Diamond Marange
Apr 25 2018 A huge number of villagers in Marange some 210 km east of the capital Harare had gathered on Monday protesting against the lack of development in the diamond-rich area.
Sep 03 2021 THE Government has issued 15 more diamond mining claims to Alrosa Zimbabwe a joint venture between the worlds largest diamond producer and the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company ZCDC an official has said. This was fulfillment of the agreement between the Government and the Russian mining giant the official said and most of the claims
May 15 2018 Diamond mining activities. In 2016 and 2017 ZCDC annually produced 961537 and 1776244 carats respectively. However ZCDC aims to produce of 10 million carats annually by 2022. This year ZCDCs target is 3 million carats. Averagely 10 to 15 of diamonds mined in Chiadzwa are gem quality stones.
Jul 16 2019 Alrosa the worlds largest diamond mining operation and Zimbabwes national diamond miner Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company ZCDC have signed a joint venture agreement to develop diamond deposits in Zimbabwe. The Russian miner made certain to emphasize that its developmental work and any future mining activities would not take place in the troubled Marange
Feb 10 2014 Figure 2 Marange production in terms of carats and dollars from 2008 to 2013 relative to total global rough diamond production. While Marange is the largest producing project in the world in .
