Showing posts with label Zimbabwe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zimbabwe. Show all posts
Friday, June 24, 2011

Second update 6/25/11: Kimberley Process Allows Zimbabwe to Sell Diamonds from Marange, Or Did it?

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Miners at the Marange diamond fields. The Kimberley Process ended its ban of Zimbabwe diamonds from the controversial Manage diamond fie...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Collapse of the Kimberley Process Appears Imminent

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A Kimberley Process certificate, which ensures that diamonds are conflict-free. Photo credit: De Beers The Kimberley Process , which ha...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

WFDB and Local Zimbabwe Group at Odds Over Diamond Sales

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The Marange diamond fields. Two organizations are sending different messages on whether Zimbabwe should sell diamonds from its controver...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

De Beers Issues Kimberley Process Support Statement

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The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme received an important statement of encouragement by the world’s largest diamond company. The D...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Kimberley Process Member Challenges Zimbabwe Official Claims

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A Kimberley Process member has challenged claims by Zimbabwean Deputy Mines Minister Gift Chimanikire that the watchdog group authorized Z...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Zimbabwe Minister Confirms KP Diamond Sales Approval

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Gift Chimanikire, Zimbabwe deputy minister of Mines and Minerals Development, has reaffirmed that the Southern African country has received ...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Report: Kimberley Process Approves Marange Diamond Sales

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Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, AP   The Kimberley Process , the organization charged with preventing trade in illicit diamonds, has rep...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Zimbabwe to Sell Its Marange Diamonds

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Thankful Musukutwa (left) and Zimbabwe Mining Minister Obert Mpofu Photo from the Diamond Guru blog In a move that could wreak havoc o...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Swiss Development Group Calls for Countrywide Ban in Zimbabwe Diamonds

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The Marange diamond field  Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, AP A Swiss international development organization has urged its government to...
Monday, November 22, 2010

RJC Warns Members not to Trade in Marange Diamonds

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A watchdog organization for the sustainable and conflict-free sourcing and sales of gemstones, precious metals and jewelry has told its memb...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

Update: KP Fails to Approve Zimbabwe Diamond Sales, Country Official Defiant, Says it will Sell them Anyway

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Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, AP After four days of closed-door meetings, officials representing the Kimberley Process have failed to ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Second Zimbabwe Diamond Sale Date Kept Secret

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The Zimbabwe government said it will not disclose the date of its next diamond auction citing security reasons, according to a published re...
Monday, August 23, 2010

UK Diamond Firm, Jewelry Buying Group Ban Zimbabwe Diamonds

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UK-based diamond jewelry company MasterCut is refusing to buy rough diamonds from the Marange fields in Zimbabwe because the company said ...
Monday, August 16, 2010

RapNet Bans Zimbabwe's Marange Diamonds

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In two strongly worded statements, the Rapaport Diamond Trading Network (also known as RapNet), has warned its members that trading diamond...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Zimbabwe Opens Auctions of Diamonds from the Controversial Marange Fields

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Zimbabwe held the first sale of diamonds from its Marange fields since international regulators partially lifted a ban imposed after the ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Naomi Campbell, Mia Farrow, Charles Taylor, ‘Blood Diamonds’

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Now that I have fulfilled my search engine optimization requirements let’s discuss the impact this high profile, star-studded war crimes t...