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By A Correspondent- The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has confirmed that Chinese diamond-mining company Anjin has begun the rehabilitation of deep gullies and slime dams in Chiadzwa which had sparked a malaria crisis in the area. An investigation by The NewsHawks and Information for Development Trust, under a project meant to support investigative reporting focusing on the…
The government has banned exports of the mineral and set up its own lucrative deal via a military-linked company to sell to China. With global demand for lithium soaring – prices went up more than 100% in 2022 and are expected to keep rising – Zimbabwe could be poised for a bonanza. The country's lithium…
From oil to diamonds, offshore prospecting looms over South African fishing town DORINGBAAI, South Africa — On Sept. 23 and 24, 150 women in the small fishing town of Doringbaai, on South Africa’s west coast, held an event to protest the threat that offshore exploration for oil, gas, minerals and even diamonds poses to their […]
Wait a minute; the figures that are being bandied around regarding diamond production in Zimbabwe are not adding up.
Zimbabwe: Who wins and who loses in the rush for diamonds? Source: Tawanda Mufute, ATRDT secretary, inspects one of the dilapidated four-roomed houses built by Anjin in ARDA Transau. © Farai Shawn Matiashe The list of hardships and suffering linked to Zimbabwe’s diamond mines is growing longer by the day. Since diamonds were discovered in the Marange fields in 2001, non-governmental organisations have been looking into abuse and dodgy dealings: The Marange diamond fields are in Chiadzwa, Mutare District, in eastern Zimbabwe. Thousands of people have been displaced to make way for mining o...