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Zimbabwe Orders Closure of Diamond Mines

Diamond firms have been given ninety days to close after the government indicated that it will not renew mining licences.

Zimbabwe: Opposition Challenges Mugabe Over Diamond Revenue

New Zimbabwe, 2 March 2016

THE MDC party is demanding satisfactory answers from government on the operations and circumstances that led to the closure of the Marange diamond mines last week. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chiadzwa Diamonds Haunt Zimbabwe Again

Financial Gazette, 3 March 2016

PSYCHOLOGICAL scars of the violence that visited thousands of villagers in and around the controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields were reopened last week after State security agents… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Not Going Back On Diamond Mines Takeover

The Herald, 26 February 2016

Cabinet has approved the takeover of Chiadzwa diamond fields to be run under the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company after the companies there failed to renew their mining… Read more »

Marange Diamond Fields

Zimbabwe: Govt Orders Marange Diamond Mining Firms to Stop Operations

Zimbabwe Independent, 22 February 2016

Government on Monday given all diamond mining companies in Marange a 90-day ultimatum to remove equipment after ordering them to halt operations with immediate effect for rejecting… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chidhakwa Ambushes Diamond Miners

Zimbabwe Independent, 26 February 2016

On a warm Monday morning, diamond mining executives got a call from Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa's office telling them to come for a meeting but the agenda was not revealed to… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Orders Closure of Diamond Mines

The Herald, 22 February 2016

Government has ordered all diamond mining companies to stop operations forthwith. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Diamond Firms Get 90 Days to Wind Up

The Herald, 23 February 2016

Government has given diamond mining companies in Chiadzwa and Chimanimani 90 days to remove their equipment and other valuables from the mines after it stopped their operations… Read more »

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