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Zimbabwe Diamonds
 
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Latest News:
 
 
  Zimbabwe to Auctions Marange Diamonds This Week
Rapaport News - August 9, 2010
KP Reaches Agreement with Zimbabwe
Rapaport News - August 1, 2010
  Zimbabwe Can Export Rough
Rapaport News - July 15, 2010
Zimbabwe Treasury Can't Account for $30M in Rough Diamond Sales
Rapaport News - July 15, 2010
  Mugabe Touts Diamond Prospects
Rapaport News - July 13, 2010


Featured Articles:
Stop Buying and Selling Blood Diamonds by Martin Rapaport
Rapaport Diamond Report - February 2010
 
Global Witness Rejects Claim That Zimbabwe Diamonds Are Clean
Rapaport News - June 8, 2010

Rapaport Statements and Letters:
 
Rapaport Letter of Resignation from World Diamond Council
Martin Rapaport - February 1, 2010
  Rapaport Resigns from World Diamond Council
Rapaport Press Release - February 1, 2010
Rapaport calls on the Responsible Jewellery Council to ban Marange Diamonds
Martin Rapaport - January 19, 2010
  Rapaport calls on World Diamond Council to ban Marange Diamonds and World Diamond Council Responds
Martin Rapaport - December 2, 2009
Rapaport Bans Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds
Rapaport Press Release - November 24, 2009
  Rapaport calls on World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) to ban Marange diamonds
Martin Rapaport - November 18, 2009

Statements by Other Organizations:
RJC Statement to Members on Marange Diamonds
RJC Press Release - February 2, 2010
WDC Calls for Increased Vigilance Regarding Marange Diamonds
World Diamond Council Press Release - January 27, 2010
  Letter To Diamond Retailers Regarding Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds
Human Rights Watch - December 17, 2009
 
IDMA and WFDB Affirm Commitment to WDC and Kimberley Process
IDMA and WFDB Press Release - November 18, 2009
  Press Release on Zimbabwe
World Diamond Council Press Release - November 6, 2009

Rapaport News and Editorials: 
A Bloody Shame
Rapaport Editorial - August 12, 2010
Global Witness Rejects Claim That Zimbabwe Diamonds Are Clean
Rapaport News - June 8, 2010
Kimberley Process Monitor Says Zimbabwe Compliant
Rapaport News - June 8, 2010
Uncertified Marange Diamonds About to be Exported
Rapaport Trade Alert - June 6, 2010
Bastardizing the Diamond Industry
Rapaport Editorial - May 27, 2010
  A Final Nail in the KP Coffin
Rapaport Editorial - April 8, 2010
  An Open Letter to Abbey Chikane, the New KP Monitor for Zimbabwe
Rapaport Editorial - March 4, 2010
Stop Buying and Selling Blood Diamonds by Martin Rapaport
Rapaport Diamond Report - February 2010
Rapaport Bans Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds by Martin Rapaport
Rapaport Diamond Report - December 2009
  Zimbabwe Faction Seizes Diamond Riches to Buy Power
Rapaport News - November 30, 2009
Human Rights Reports Ongoing Abuses in October
Rapaport News – November 7, 2009

Background on Zimbabwe's Marange Diamonds: 
Time Line of Events at Marange Diamond Fields
April 2010
Background: Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamond Mines
March 2009

Reports of Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwean Diamond Fields:
 
  PAC Calls on the KP to Suspend Zimbabwe
Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) - June 14, 2010
  The Return Of The Blood Diamond
Global Witness - June 13, 2010
 
Porous Security at Canadile costing Zimbabwe
Center for Research and Development (CRD) - May 10, 2010
KP Monitor’s Report From Fact Finding Mission
Abbey Chikane – March 21, 2010
  Dealers try to thwart conflict diamond trade in Zimbabwe, but loopholes persist
MediaGlobal - March 4, 2010
Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery
Fast Company Magazine - December 1, 2009 
  Africa’s Diamond Trade Under Scrutiny
New York Times - November 4, 2009
Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe
Human Rights Watch Report – June 2009
  Zimbabwe, Diamonds and the Wrong Side of History
Partnership Africa Canada Report – March 2009
  The following report was kept secret by the Kimberley Process
and finally made public by the New York Times on Nov. 4, 2009
  Kimberley Process Review Mission Report and Zimbabwe Response
Kimberley Process Final Report - June 30 to July 4 2009
How to identify Rough Diamonds from Marange, Zimbabwe
Kimberley Process WGDE Report - December 2008

Zimbabwe   The Marange Mines are located within the Chiadzwa Diamond Fields in the Mutare West region, 90km southwest of the city of Mutare on the eastern border of Mozambique.

Map courtesy of allaboutgemstones.com

For additional information about the ban and how to identify Marange diamonds email zimbabwe@diamonds.net or contact your local RapNet representative.
 
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