11/05/2015 · Mining operations by these companies namely Anjin, Mbada diamonds, Marange Resources, Diamond Mining Company (DMC), Jinan, Gye Nyame, and Kusena diamonds have remained secretive over the years with government receiving insignificant revenues in spite of being the major shareholder. Revenue loss When the KP partially lifted the trade embargo on two mining companies in Marange .
09/11/2011 · Militarised diamond mining and trading at Marange has resulted in loss of life, human rights abuses, corrupt practices and the enrichment of a privileged and powerful political elite. As a result of the Zimbabwe government's actions, the world's diamond industry has been brought into disrepute. BROUGHT TO YOU BY PAMBAZUKA NEWS * This report was first published by Sokwanele, a .
01/12/2015 · Abstract. The arrival of largescale diamond mining activities brought hope and enthusiasm to many women within and around Marange, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. Ordinary Zimbabweans believed that diamond mining would transform the lives of the region's inhabitants. However, such anticipated transformation turned into rage and despair, and ...
16/03/2018 · Marange, a history. Geologists working for global diamond mining giant, De Beers, are credited with discovering the Marange alluvial diamond deposits around 2000. Thereafter, De Beers, through its prospecting company, Kimberlitic Searches, acquired two Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPO) for Marange in the early 2000s.
20/07/2021 · In 2011, the diamond companies had tried to assuage increasing protests against the lack of clarity in the use of the Marange diamonds by launching a community share ownership trust for the locals. In a public show, representatives of the companies had handed a dummy cheque of US1,5 million to government, promising that the fund would be given US50 million. However, ever since, .
08/04/2014 · 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. However, without warning, government deployed the army into Marange in November 2008 to violently put to an end artisanal mining. What .
21/08/2013 · Marange grabbed international headlines particularly after 2008's Operation Hakudzokwi, which saw the government viciously evicting illegal diamond miners to make way for formal mining .
03/11/2011 · Militarised diamond mining and trading at Marange has resulted in loss of life, human rights abuses, corrupt practices and the enrichment of a .
Since 2010, when diamond mining was formalised in Marange area, mining activities has put the eduion system in Marange at a very precarious position. For instance, in 2010 the Diamond Mining Company (DMC) was given a concession that surrounds two schools namely Chiadzwa primary school and Chiadzwa Secondary school better known as (Gandauta Primary school). This led to school .
11/12/2018 · Botswana Diamonds and its joint venture partner in Zimbabwe, Vast Resources, have entered into an agreement which aims to unlock the diamond value within Zimbabwe's Marange Diamond Fields. In doing so, it will also establish a new benchmark for sustainable and mutuallybeneficial mining development in the southern African country, MD James Campbell tells .
2 days ago · In Zimbabwe, it's happening [artisanal diamond mining] but it's outside the law in Marange. There is artisanal mining going on in Marange and of course, it's outside the law. It's unlike in West Africa where you have it legalised in terms of the different classes of artisanal mining. So artisanal diamond mining employs quite a lot of people. I don't have the statistics .
26/04/2018 · Groups of miners in the diamond fields in Marange in 2006. When the scramble peaked in October 2008, more than 35,000 people, including children and women, were either mining or buying diamonds .
17/09/2021 · Mining companies operating in Chiadzwa have often been accused of neglecting villagers displaced by the mining venture. Mabhudhu urged Marange villagers not to speak ill about the company's mining activities since that would affect the marketing of the precious stones. Trending . Chinese company that pegged a whole village operating illegally "There is no market of diamonds in .
The survey further established that young men from Marange resort to sneaking into the diamond fields for artisanal diamond mining. This enables them to earn an income of between USD 200 and USD 500 per month. Artisanal diamond mining is however forbidden by law. It proves to be a risky venture because once artisanal miners are caught, they are subjected to .
15/05/2018 · Alluvial diamonds depleted, is there hope for conglomerate diamond mining in Marange. Previous diamond mining companies did not carry out any meaningful exploration activities. Considering that alluvial diamonds are diminishing, ZCDC is undertaking exploration work on conglomerate diamonds to evaluate diamond resources with a view of increasing the resource value. ZCDC has .
17/05/2012 · Anjin along with Diamond Mining Corporation, Mbada and Marange Resources are mining the gemstones in Zimbabwe's eastern Marange area, where activists have reported gross rights abuses. Zimbabwe government owns a 50 percent stake in all the four companies. Biti said Anjin's failure to pay in proceeds from its diamond sales could impact negatively on Zimbabwe's 4billion budget .
03/11/2011 · Militarised diamond mining and trading at Marange has resulted in loss of life, human rights abuses, corrupt practices and the enrichment of a .