Chinese Company to Return to Zimbabwe's Controversial Marange Diamond
MUTARE, Zimbabwe—Anjin Investments, a diamond company partly owned by the Chinese, is set to return to the mines in the Marange diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe, but its return is generating anxiety among local villagers and human-rights activists. Before Anjin was booted out of the Marange diamond fields by former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's …
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Diamond Fields Zimbabwe: End Repression in Marange
Zimbabwe: End Repression in Marange Diamond Fields Forced Labor and Tor ture Follow Militar y Massacres That Killed More Than (Johannesburg) - Zimbabwe's armed forces are engaging in the forced labor of children and adults, and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of Marange district in eastern June, :AM EDT ...
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Marange Diamonds | Geological Society of Zimbabwe
A unique feature of the Marange diamonds is the brownish colouration on the outer skin of some stones. This is believed to be the result of surface geological processes in the sedimentary environment and the subjection of the stones to radiation emanating from the basement granite, and high heat and pressure as a result of dolerite intrusions ubiquitous in the area, and the …
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Black Diamonds from Marange (Zimbabwe): A Result of Natural …
Marange diamonds are typically large (5–7 ct apiece; figure 2) and abundant (with grades ranging between 1 and >30 carats per ton), which means they were discovered in situ in the conglomerate during exploration field work (M. de Wit, pers. comm., 2016). A unique characteristic of Marange diamonds is their thin, non-transparent coating ...
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Marange diamond fields in Mutare, Zimbabwe (Google Maps)
The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small-scale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe. It is the largest diamond producing project in the world, estimated to have produce 16.9 million carats in 2013, or 13% of global rough diamond supply.
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Marange diamond mines pollute rivers, Zimbabwe
The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small-scale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Mutare West, Zimbabwe. Although estimates of the reserves contained in this area vary wildly, some have suggested that it could be home to one of the worlds richest diamond deposits.
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Marange diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp …
A torture camp run by Zimbabwe's security forces is operating in the country's rich Marange diamond fields, BBC Panorama has found. The programme heard from recent victims who told of severe ...
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Reap What You Sow: Greed and Corruption in Zimbabwe's …
The Marange diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe could be the country's salvation. Often described as the biggest diamond discovery of a generation 2, Marange has undoubtedly put Zimbabwe on the ...
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Abuse, displacement, pollution: the legacy of Zimbabwe's …
Eastern Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields, discovered in 2006, have been touted by experts as the world's biggest diamond find in generations. In 2008, government …
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Diamond Empowerment: The Zimbabwe Case Study
In 2016, Mugabe's government canceled the licenses of all diamond-mining companies in the Marange diamond fields, and established the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), by merging and nationalizing the assets of DTZ-OZGEO, Marange Resources, Kusena Diamonds, Diamond Mining Company and Gye Nyame. ... Relative stability in the ...
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Marange Diamonds – Zimbabwe's natural resource …
These tainted diamonds from Marange fields continue to find their way into global markets because Zimbabwe is deemed to be KP compliant." The Director of Centre for Research and Development (CRD) James Mupfumi, said diamond …
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Marange diamond fields, Chiadzwa, Mutare District, Manicaland, …
The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small-scale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. Although estimates of the reserves contained in this …
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A new beginning for diamond mining in Zimbabwe
A conversation with Mark Mabhudhu, CEO of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (Pvt) Ltd. In the early 2000s, one of the most significant diamond discoveries of recent times was made at Marange's Chiadzwa Diamond Fields, in Zimbabwe's Manicaland (eastern region).
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Overview of the Marange diamond fields – Nehanda Radio
The struggle for power in Zimbabwe is inextricably linked to the discovery of "the richest diamond field ever seen by several orders of magnitude" (1) at Marange.
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GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE SUMMER …
FIELD TRIP GUIDE TO UMKONDO DIAMONDS 01/12/12 (See Field notes attached) Stop 1. Marange Diamonds The Umkondo stratigraphy where Lower limestone overlies basal conglomerate and in turn, the conglomerate overlying granite are observed. This relationship is the general exploration guide currently for alluvial diamonds in Marange as has been explained
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The Marange diamond fields of Zimbabwe: An overview
The controversy over Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe has received much global attention. This new report by Sokwanele brings together a wide-ranging overview of …
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Marange Diamonds and Zimbabwe's Political Transition
The efforts of the KPCS. The KPCS responded to human rights abuses in Marange by sending a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe in June 2009. The team recommended an immediate ban of Marange exports after noting 'credible indications of non-compliance' (Kimberly Process Certification Scheme 2009).
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The Pollution Fallout From Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds
The regime of President Robert Mugabe has been accused of profiting from the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, garnering illicit funds that could be used to bolster his oppressive security forces. Now critics are alleging the government is failing to stop mining-waste pollution that is sickening livestock and local villagers.
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Marange Diamond Land and Human Rights abuses, Zimbabwe
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. ... Marange Resources from Zimbabwe: Relevant government actors: Ministry of Mines and Mining ...
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Marange Diamonds | Geological Society of Zimbabwe
The diamonds are concentrated in a basal conglomerate horizon that sporadically outcrops on the edge of the Umkondo basin in the south-eastern part of Zimbabwe. The conglomerate lying on …
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Marange diamond fields, Chiadzwa, Mutare District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
The web's most comprehensive and regularly updated gemogy database with information on gems from around the world and thousands of photos
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Reap What You Sow: Greed and Corruption in Zimbabwe's …
of diamond revenues, July 26, 20121 The Marange diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe could be the country's salvation. Often described as the biggest diamond discovery of a generation2, Marange has undoubtedly put Zimbabwe on the diamond map3. Managed right, it could have
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Diamond mining in Zimbabwe: A story of the people
According to one industry expert the Marange diamond area is the richest diamond field ever seen. Not only do the local communities see very little of the benefits of this natural resource on ...
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ZIMBABWE: Diamonds in the Rough: Human Rights Abuses in the Marange
The 62-page report, "Diamonds in the Rough: Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe," documents how, following the discovery of diamonds in Marange in June 2006, the police and army have used brutal force to control access to the diamond fields and to take over unlicensed diamond mining and trading. Some income from the ...
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Marange diamond fields, Chiadzwa, Mutare District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small-scale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. Although estimates of the reserves contained in this area vary wildly, some have suggested that it could be home …
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Chiadzwa Community Concession, Marange
The Chiadzwa Diamond Fields located in Marange are widely regarded as the richest alluvial diamond deposits globally. In September 2019, 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.
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The unending curse of Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds
Diamonds were discovered in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, in 2006, but more than a decade after formal mining started, thousands of people in the vicinity of diamond fields are living miserably, as fields have become an …
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Marange diamond fields
The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small-scale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. 'Although estimates of the reserves contained in this area vary wildly, some have suggested that it could be home to one of the world's richest diamond deposits'. The hugely prolific fields are regarded by some experts as the world's biggest …
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The story of Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds: Pollution, Politics, Power
November 2008 added another twist to the unfolding drama in Marange when the Zimbabwe National Army was deployed to drive out the artisanal miners and dealers as the state moved in to take full control of the lucrative diamond fields. There was a massacre of artisanal miners and villagers and hundreds of villagers fled their traditional homes ...
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Deliberate Chaos: Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond
Attachments. Download Report (PDF | 285.3 KB); Summary. In 2008, Zimbabwe's military launched a bloody crackdown in eastern Zimbabwe after diamonds were discovered in the fields of Marange ...
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