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TRADE ALERT: Rapaport Bans Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds

The Rapaport Group and the RapNet Diamond Trading Network have implemented an immediate trading ban on all diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields due to severe human rights violations. The ban does not apply to diamonds from Zimbabwe that are not from the Marange area. RapNet members should immediately remove all RapNet listings of Marange diamonds. Firms and individuals that continue to trade in diamonds from Marange will be denied access to all Rapaport services.

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  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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