"In the spirit of separation of powers, parliament should be granted unfettered access to diamond mines and to all information pertaining to diamond mining activities," it said. In 2011, the parliamentary portfolio committee on mines and energy battled to secure a hearing with the diamond producers in Marange.
The Long, Troubling Tale of Marange Diamonds. July 19, 2019 by Rob Bates. This week, Russian diamond miner Alrosa announced that it had signed a joint venture agreement to explore for diamonds in the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe. The announcement was accompanied by an Alrosa slide presentation touting the benefits the world's biggest miner by ...
The Marange community was affected by the conflict over access to the diamonds through operation Hakudzokwi. Although Operation Hakudzokwi managed to bring some sanity to the mining of diamonds in Marange, it created more controversy than providing solutions to already existing problems of …
The project involves construction and renovation of water towers with a capacity of 500m³ per hour. These systems will be connected to raised tank with a capacity of 1 000m³ via a 45km long pipe. At a later stage the government also plans to extend the drinking water distribution network by 35km. The contract value is US$150 million.
Marange diamond fields, holds perpetrators to account and complies with Kimberley Process minimum requirements. • Exercise vigilance to prevent imports of uncertified parcels of Marange diamonds and promptly report any breaches of the Joint Work Plan agreed at the 2009 KP plenary meeting. • Support the adoption by the Kimberley Process
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 US$1,5 million to government, promising that the fund would be given ...
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 ...
via Alluvial Diamond Mining in Marange, Country Reports, Publications, KONRAD-ADENAUER-STIFTUNG (FOUNDATION) ZIMBABWE, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 4 May 2015. Mergers in Zimbabwe's diamond sector set to evade human rights due diligence — Background: Diamond mining in Zimbabwe had been operating at a minimum level before the commencement of large scale alluvial diamond mining in Marange …
diamond mining concessions have ... all contracts in the Marange diamond fields, and audit concession allocation ... overseas construction projects. These include a US$124 million 8 renovation
Promoting Legislative Representation of Mining Communities. In addition, the project focuses on the mining communities of Mutoko District and ... Land where there are black granite and diamond mining operations respectively. ... on mining contract negotiation, revenue distribution and the impact of mining ... interests of mining communities of Mutoko and Marange at the national level.
New conglomerate diamond processing plant under construction: Picture courtesy of Nyaradzo Mutonhori Introduction Right from the beginning, the sunny side of Marange's rich alluvial diamonds was obscured for many Zimbabweans. More so, to communities impacted by diamond mining activities, who have been subjected to counting the costs of mining and hardly counting any …
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 …
Aim listed Vast Resources plc and Katanga Mining (pvt) Ltd formed a new agreement for the development of Vast's Heritage concessions in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe. To manage and hold the interests of Vast Resources and Katanga Mining (pvt) Ltd, a joint venture company for the Chiadzwa Community, a new company, 'Newco', has…
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.
Incapacitated ZCDC sub-contracts diamond mining at Marange – report. 28 june 2016. News. The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has contracted Adlecraft Mining to mine diamonds on its behalf in Marange as it allegedly lacks capacity and resources to do so. The Zimbabwe Independent quoted unnamed mines ministry sources as saying that ...
The Namibian mining company was subcontracted by Mbada Diamonds to supply mining equipment to aid the Zimbabwean company to exploit diamonds in Chiadzwa. Mbada has been mining in Marange since 2009. Gecko provides several services, among them exploration drilling, chemical analyses, R&D metallurgical test work, civil engineering and ...