The 2010 Kimberley Process Intersessional ended one day in late, what can be described only as a sounding board failure. presided over by Israel as chairman, was the agenda of the Conference the question of export of diamonds from Zimbabwe Marange dominated areas. MINING.com News

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In a message to its clients on Wednesday, the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) warns its Sightholders that any purchase of goods from Zimbabwe’s Marange region “will be deemed in contravention of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme,” until they are approved by KP Working Group on Monitoring (WGM).

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The High Court in Zimbabwe ruled yesterday (Monday) that the government can start selling diamonds mined from claims belonging to Africa Consolidated Resources’ (ACR) in the Chiadzwa diamond fields, reports The Herald.

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Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court has ordered two government mining firms to stop operations on the diamond fields in the country’s controversial Marange region, the AFP reported Thursday.

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The fate of a large stock of diamonds is shrouded in mystery, as a Zimbabwe minister defied a court order late last week and confiscated rough diamonds that later disappeared and still remain missing as of press time. Some may argue that any twist and turn is possible in the corrupt and mismanaged African country. However, the story of these diamonds has continued to surprise many as the subject of constant media and diamond-industry attention.

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A mile-long runway is being built in Zimbabwe’s controversial Marange diamond field, according to a report published by The Telegraph Sunday. Construction of the airstrip raises speculations that the runway will be used to smuggle locally mined rough diamonds out of the region.

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Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s central bank to safeguard millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds from a mine where the military is accused of killings and forced labour, the AFP reported Wednesday.

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Zimbabwe is trying new ways to generate income from diamonds, planning to auction more than 300,000 carats of goods Thursday, local media reported. The diamonds were mined at the Marange diamond fields, which has been the center of a brutal government crackdown that has claimed the lives of some 200 villagers.

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The government said the process would only go ahead with international supervision

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