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President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has allocated fresh diamond mining claims to Anjin Investments in Chiadzwa, in Manicaland province, four years after the company was evicted from the mineral-rich area alongside other miners on allegations of under Zimbabwe 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 2006, 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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Diamond (C) is a crystalline material made of carbon atoms, in the cubic system. This is one of nature's most admired minerals and gemstones. Occurrences in Zimbabwe are associated with kimberlitic and placer deposits. Zimbabwe is a signatory to the Kimberly

Diamond mining in Chiadzwa in Zimbabwe attracted negative international publicity due to the legal wrangle over ownership of the diamond claims, the opaque way of granting mining concessions, the 2009 human rights violations regarding removal of

Zimbabwe has taken over income from all diamond mining activities in the country after injecting $80m into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), a state-owned company mandated to run diamond mining activities, reports miningmx. The Zimbabwe Government's Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, has now stated, "the diamonds belong to the fiscus" in a time of decline in gem mining

2015/12/1Diamond mining in eastern Zimbabwe The discovery of large diamond fields in Eastern Zimbabwe in 2006 brought with it rays of hope in a country plagued by socio-economic and political catastrophe. At first, people mined informally, during which time, immense

Alrosa will spend $12 million over the next two years prospecting and developing several diamond deposits in Zimbabwe. The government has allowed the Russian miner to begin exploration through Alrosa Zim, a joint venture with national miner Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC).

Zimbabwe illegal diamond trade continues in COVID

2020/7/29By Lucy Tandi – Wednesday 29 July 2020 MUTARE (Mining Index) – PRICES have fallen but illegal diamond trade has continued as usual in Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry analysts who say authorities are distracted by a disease

Precious Metals and Diamond Mining in Zimbabwe to 2020 Synopsis Timetric's 'Precious Metals and Diamond Mining in Zimbabwe to 2020' report comprehensively covers Zimbabwean reserves of platinum group metals (PGM) and diamond (precious metals), PGM

Diamond mining uses water, rather than chemicals, for extraction, but of course, water is scarce in many parts of Africa, where diamond mining companies often operate. This makes it even more important that the diamond mining process does not pollute

• Diamond Mining Industry Practical Culture 4. Hr Manager - Mining (1 POSITION) The Ideal Candidate will have Knowledge of The Mining Industry, Skills to Train, Motivate and Develop Employee Skills Potential In Line With the Organization and the Ability to

THE Zimbabwean government has tightened its grip over the country's diamond sector, approving a policy that entitles it to a 46% stake in all diamond mining firms whilst also sanctioning three other independent diamond firms, including Murowa Diamonds. Controversy has stalked Zimbabwe's diamond sector ever since the government elbowed out private investors and consolidated it under

There are a limited number of commercially available diamond mines currently operating in the world, with the 50 largest mines accounting for approximately 90% of global supply. Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the ground, deposited, and concentrated by water or weather action.

This comes as production at the Marange diamond fields, also in Manicaland, has plummeted to an all-time low due to the government's ill-advised move to grab the operations of mining firms there. At the same time, one of the firms extracting gems in Marange, Jinan, is said to be already winding up its operations – pulling its $4 million equipment from the area at the weekend.

Zimbabwe 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 2006, British company African Consolidated Resources (ACR) had its prospecting license seized by the state-owned enterprise (SOE) Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation.

Alrosa to Invest $12mn in Zimbabwe Diamond Mining

Russian diamond exploration and mining giant Alrosa will have a 70% stake in its joint venture with state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company with a provision set for possible expansion "in the territory of the whole country," Businesslive reports citing the agreement between the two sides.

Zimbabwe has taken over income from all diamond mining activities in the country after injecting $80m into the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), a state-owned company mandated to run diamond mining activities. Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, has said that " the diamonds belong to the fiscus" amid plummeting fortunes in gem mining operations in the

2018/5/4Vast Resources acquired a database of diamonds in Zimbabwe in 2008 and began to carry out its own exploration in the field in 2010. Botswana Diamonds, which has independently acquired a diamond database in the country, along with its significant networks, has expertise in diamond exploration, development and mining.

THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) will this week receive $30 million worth of mining equipment from Belarus paving way for the start of conglomerate diamond mining at Chiadzwa. Since diamonds were discovered in the area companies that were given concessions to mine were doing alluvial mining resulting in the depletion of the mineral and those companies had no equipment to do

Mining was Zimbabwe's leading industry in 2002, contributing 27% of export trade. The chief minerals were coal, gold, copper, nickel, tin, and clay, and Zimbabwe was a world leader in the production of lithium minerals, chrysotile asbestos, and ferrochromium, with more than half of the world's known chromium reserves.

Mining in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's mining industry is focussed on a diverse range of small to medium mining operations. The most important minerals produced by Zimbabwe include gold, asbestos, chromite, coal and base metals. The mining industry contributes

2020/8/21Zimbabwe Diamonds and Allied Workers Union (ZIDAWU) has called for government to stop diamond mining operations in Marange to help curb the spreading of coronavirus. 263 Chat reports quoted ZIDAWU as saying that there had been reports of Covid-19 positive cases at the state-owned Zimbabwe Diamond Consolidated Company (ZCDC) and Anjin operations.

By Melody Chikono AIM-listed junior miner Vast Resources Plc has partnered Botswana Diamond Plc to seek opportunities in diamond exploration in Zimbabwe. This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two companies which will see