African Consolidated Resources Plc, the AIM listed resource development company focussed in Zimbabwe, has provided an update on ACR’s right to mine the eastern Marange diamond fields (‘the Marange Claims Area’).
African Consolidated was successful in a High Court Judgement handed down on 25 September 2009 (‘the 25 September Judgement’) [...]
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Zimbabwe Supreme Court Judgement Orders Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation to Cease Mining Activities at Marange Diamond Claims
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Reports: Robert Mugabe Threatens to Bypass Kimberley Process: “We Can Sell Our Diamonds Our Way”
“We can sell our diamonds our own way,” Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told a trade and tourism fare held in Harare, according to local media reports.
“We are trying to play their way, but we could go outside the KP system and do it otherwise,” Mugabe, is reported to have told journalists.
The declaration comes just 2 [...]
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Ingle & Rhode Comment On The State Of Zimbabwe’s Diamond Mining Industry
Ingle & Rhode, the UK’s principal retailer of ethical jewellery and custom engagement rings produced using conflict-free diamonds and fair trade gold, comment on the revelations that Zimbabwe’s government have been using military force to partition diamonds away from UK-based company, African Consolidated Resources.
African Consolidated Resources (ACR) and the Zimbabwean government have been in dispute [...]
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The Responsible Jewellery Council Issues Statement to Members Over Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds
The reported human rights abuses in the Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe are of grave concern to all who advocate responsible practices in the jewellery supply chain. The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) includes specific provisions regarding human rights and conflict diamonds as part of its Certification System, formally launched in December 2009.
Marange Diamonds
In November 2009, [...]
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World Diamond Council Calls for Increased Vigilance of Potential Trade in Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds
The World Diamond Council has renewed its call for members of the industry to redouble their efforts to ensure that no diamonds from Marange diamond fields are traded until the Kimberley Process monitor is in place and is actively controlling exports from the area.
The KP has developed, jointly with the government of Zimbabwe, a mechanism [...]
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World Diamond Council Calls for Increased Efforts by Kimberley Process Participants to Achieve Full Compliance in Zimbabwe
For more than a year, the World Diamond Council has voiced its concerns regarding allegations of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and significant examples of irregularities concerning Kimberley Process compliance.
Following agreement of the Working Plan, in November 2009, the World Diamond Council said the world would be watching closely and cautioned the Kimberley Process and [...]
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Tiffany, Zale, Cartier and other Major Diamond Retailers Receive Human Rights Watch Letter Urging them not to Purchase or Sell Diamonds from Zimbabwe
Following is an open letter from NGO Human Rights Watch to Tiffany, Zale, Cartier and other major diamond retailers urging them not to purchase or sell diamonds from Zimbabwe:
Dear Sir:
I am writing to urge your company to publicly commit to not purchase or sell diamonds from Zimbabwe.
Throughout 2009, Human Rights Watch conducted field-based research [...]
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Eli Izhakoff Address to Kimberley Process Plenary: ‘Perceived Dithering’ over Zimbabwe is Bad For All
Following are extracts from Eli Izhakoff’s address, presented by Andrew Bone on his behalf, at the recent Kimberley Process Plenary in Swakopmund, Namibia.
“None of the issues we will discuss this week are new. In fact, many of them have been on the agenda for quite a while. Some might say too long.
Right now, the world [...]
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Kimberley Process Review Mission Final Report Hints at Zimbabwean Diamonds Travelling to Cutting Factories via Mozambique
The final report of the Kimberley Process Review Mission to Zimbabwe notes that the team conducting the Review Mission consistently received reports that diamonds from Marange typically exit Zimbabwe via the nearby border with Mozambique, where significant illicit buying and trading operations are underway.
The team also received reports subsequent to the mission indicating that [...]
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Failure to Suspend Zimbabwe from Kimberley Process Undermines Efforts to Clean up International Trade
The Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme failed to reach a consensus to suspend Zimbabwe at the recent Plenary meeting in Namibia, in spite of evidence of serious non-compliance with the KP’s requirements and widespread government-sponsored human rights abuses, say civil society groups.
“Governments’ failure to suspend Zimbabwe points to fundamental weaknesses in the scheme’s [...]
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Zimbabwe Attroney General Says Govt will Appeal Judgment Over Title to Marange Diamond Claims
The Zimbabwe Attorney General says that the Zimbabwean Government will appeal against the judgement given by the Zimbabwe High Court on 24 September 2009 which confirmed the title of African Consolidated Resources plc’s subsidiaries to their claims over the Marange diamond field, says African Consolidated.
Notwithstanding the statement of the Attorney General, the Company is in discussions with [...]
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Zimbabwe Court Judgment Confirms African Consolidated Resources Group Titles to to Marange Diamond Claims
African Consolidated Resources plc, the Zimbabwe focused mineral exploration company, says that at a hearing in the Zimbabwe High Court judgment was issued in favour of the Company’s subsidiaries which confirmed the Group’s title to the claims previously registered in its name on the Marange diamond field. Full details of the judgement are awaited pending [...]
