Blood diamonds eight years after the Marange massacre This month marks eight years since the Army of Zimbabwe launched a three week long brutal attack on the people of Manicaland Province home to the Marange Diamond Fields Eight years later for transnational corporations diamond mining in Zimbabwe is no less difficult than before
know moreMarange s multi billion dollar diamond reserves have brought hope to a country suffering from years of economic collapse According to the Mines and Mining Development Ministry the diamond mines could generate more than $4 billion a year in revenues
know moreMarange diamond fields Wikipedia A mineral rush began in September 2021 but accelerated following the government take over By mid December 2021 around 10 000 illegal artisanal miners were working very small plots at Marange and an immediate water sanitation and housing crisis developed
know moreMiners dig for diamonds in the Marange fields A report by Partnership Africa Canada PAC alleges that at least $2bn has gone to a parallel government in Zimbabwe
know moremarange diamond mining [randpic] Marange Diamonds one of the greatest heists in 2021 1 21 The Ministry took over the claims and in 2021 they established 6 companies with the right to mine diamonds on the site In the next 8 years an estimated US$24 billion
know moreThe Zimbabwean government has taken control of the Marange diamond fields ordering nine companies to cease all mining activities Last year the Zimbabwean government announced it would merge all
know moreMbada Diamonds claimed that it remitted a dividend of over $117 million which is far above the $82 million received by Treasury for the combined period of 2021 and 2021 There are serious discrepancies between what the government receives from the sector and what the diamond mining companies claim to have remitted to Treasury the report
know moreChild labour in the diamond industry is a widely reported and criticized issue on diamond industry for using child labour in diamond mines and polishing procedures in poor conditions mainly in India and Africa In these mines children come in contact with minerals oil and machinery exhaust In 1997 The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions claimed that child labour was prospering
know moreSuch is not the case alas with diamonds from the Marange region of Zimbabwe also called Chiadzwa Diamond excavation in the area has had a short brutal history and now with most of the miners in the area pulling out it looks like the dreams of turning the area into a major diamond producer will be dashed
know moreThere are number of diamond mining companies operating in Zimbabwe which include River Ranch Murowa Diamonds Mbada Diamonds Anjin Marange Resources and Diamond Mining Company DMC Government through ZMDC entered into joint venture agreements with a 50/50 shareholding in the following companies Mbada Anjin and DMC
know moreReport on the Consolidation of Diamond Mining Companies 2021 1 Introduction The diamond industry plays an important role in the socio economic development of several African countries given that 65% 1of the world s diamonds with an annual value of 8 5 billion American dollars are extracted from the continent
know moreTerrence Masendeke from Jori village under Chief Nyashanu was part of the over 300 illegal diamond panners who invaded Bravo near Muchena in the Marange diamond fields when he was shot dead on May 15 No comment could be obtained from Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando as his mobile number went unanswered
know moreVast Resources plc is pleased to announce that the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust has in principle been granted the right to mine diamonds in joint venture on the Heritage Concession and has
know moreMARANGE DIAMOND MINING INDUSTRY Socio political environment and its role on psychological well being and organisational citizenship of diamond miners in Marange Zimbabwe POLITE MASVAURE Supervisor Professor Johanna H Buitendach A doctoral thesis submitted to the School of Applied Human Sciences in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
know moreMining Health Hazards ZCDC inherited diamond mining operations in ward 29 from Sino Zimbabwe Sino Zim a joint venture between the Central Intelligence Organisation CIO and a notorious Chinese convict Sam Pa Sino Zim operated under different names including Kusena diamonds from 2021 to 2021 in Marange
know moreZimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company operating illegally Now Daily High ranking Zimbabwe government and military officials and well connected elites are furious with dictator Robert Mugabe for cutting them off from the lucrative Marange Chiadzwa diamonds where they collectively generated billions of dollars through illegal sales
know moreA 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 world has seen since Cecil Rhodes
know moreMarange is the most important diamond mining area of Zimbabwe and Liebenberg had just struck a hell of a deal for the Ferrante But Ferrante Jr wanted his hands in the deal Salvatore said he wanted to go and meet [Tanhira and Baatzi] and cement the deals and so I
know moreImage Marange diamonds can be produced with relatively light equipment by diamond mining standards World class commercial open pit and underground diamond mines can cost over $1 billion to get into production Marange miners can begin producing for a
know moreImage Marange diamonds can be produced with relatively light equipment by diamond mining standards World class commercial open pit and underground diamond mines can cost over $1 billion to get into production Marange miners can begin producing for a fraction of that amount due to the alluvial nature of the deposit
know moreThis paper examines the experience of workers in Chinese investments drawing from Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe The mining potential of the Marange fields was discovered in 2021 following the unorthodox withdrawal of mining rights from the British owned African Consolidated Resources ACR due to a strained relationship between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom
know moreA 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
know moreIn 2021 major diamond discoveries were made in Marange in the east of Zimbabwe In 2021 Robert Mugabe then the president of Zimbabwe announced that a mining company had looted diamonds worth $15bn from the country The company was Anjin a joint venture between a Chinese firm and the Zimbabwean military Anjin strongly denied the allegations
know moreThe cost of failure in the Marange diamond fields has come back to haunt Zimbabwe Once reputed as a potential icon of international diamond mining with community responsibility barring the Operation Hakudzokwi/No Return army murders the country s gemstones industry has turned into a haven of corruption and diversion of state funds
know moreProduction from Marange is controversial due to ongoing legal wrangles and government crackdowns on illegal miners and allegations of forced labour In terms of carats produced the Marange field is the largest diamond producing project in the world estimated to have produced million carats in 2021 or 13% of global rough diamond supply
know moreThe Chiadzwa Diamond Fields located in Marange are widely regarded as the richest alluvial diamond deposits globally In September 2021 the Company announced it has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Chiadzwa Mineral Resources Pvt Ltd CMR a company designated to represent the Chiadzwa Community interests in the Concession
know moreTHIS week the Zimbabwe Independent — which last week started publishing fresh stories based on its recent investigation into the Marange alluvial diamonds discovery and looting — carries a flashback on how the initially chaotic plundering of the diamondiferous Chiadzwa fields actually started after global diamond giant De Beers moved out of site where it
know moreMarange Diamonds Fields Zimbabwe The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small scale diamond production in Chiadzwa Mutare West Zimbabwe Production from Marange is controversial due to ongoing legal wrangles and government crackdowns Ownership From the early 1980s De Beers held an Exclusive Prospecting Order EPO over
know moreGovernment then booted out Anjin Investments Mbada Diamonds Marange Resources Diamond Mining Company Kusena Gye Nyame and DTZ Ozgeo about four years ago on strong allegations they were prejudicing the State of millions in potential revenue through understating earnings and not declaring dividends
know moreRights groups say there have been abuses in Zimbabwe against illegal miners smuggling is rife and some mines in Marange remain in the hands of Zimbabwe s military Mugabe s government denies all these charges
know moreLocated in the Marange district of Manicaland province in Zimbabwe Fig 1 Chiadzwa is the third and by far the largest diamond mining operation in the country after the River Ranch diamond
know morediamond fields artisanal mining of the area s alluvial diamonds increased rapidly accelerated by Zimbabwe s rapid economic deterioration By 2021 an estimated 35 000 artisanal miners were operating in In November 2021 the police were deployed to control the diamond fields The police presence in Marange however proved
know moreZimbabwe has a troubling record on diamond mining Since discovery of the vast Marange diamond fields in the 1980s the sector has been characterised by acute political risk In 2021 British company African Consolidated Resources ACR had its prospecting license seized by the state owned enterprise SOE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation
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