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May 14, 2019· MUTARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe''s rural communities are beginning to stand up to Chinese companies operating in the country, as evidenced by recent demonstrations against plans for a mining project ...
Apr 10, 2020· Civil society groups charge that this community is currently one of the world''s most militarized mining regions with hundreds of armed soldiers and police stationed at .
The relocated families also called upon the government to immediately halt new mining developments in Marange and move with speed to implement some reforms such as undertaking a human rights due diligence process for the people of Marange to claim compensation for adverse impacts caused by Anjin Diamond mining.
The Impact of Mining Activities on Local People and Environment. A Case Study of Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation Operations in Chiadzwa, Marange Gumisai Makoni (R012961M A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of a Master''s Degree in Business Administration 2015 Graduate School of Management University of Zimbabwe
May 11, 2015· The mining giant is also supporting the local cutting and polishing diamond industry by contributing 10% of its rough diamonds to the industry. The beginning of formal diamond mining operations in Marange saw the worst forms of human rights violations inflicted on the Marange community by diamond companies.
Marange villagers have called on the government to withdraw Anjin from operating in Chiadzwa claiming that the firm has a "dark past" including human right abuses. This comes after the government last week through Mines minister Winston Chitando announced the resumption of mining operations by Anjin Diamond Company in Chiadzwa. Anjin operated in Chiadzwa from
Mar 08, 2019· MUTARE, Zimbabwe—Anjin Investments, a diamond company partly owned by the Chinese, is set to return to the mines in the Marange diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe, but its return is generating anxiety among local villagers and humanrights activists. Before Anjin was booted out of the Marange diamond fields by former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe''s government in 2015, .
Mar 15, 2016· The diamond mining in Marange has been shrouded in secrecy and diamonds worth millions of dollars were shunted out of the area with no benefit to the local people.
Jan 21, 2020· By Eddie Cross I am not sure of the details but around the year 2000, a geological exploration team found alluvial diamonds at Marange in Zimbabwe. They .
Dec 18, 2017· Zimbabwe''s mining story, is yet another example of why we need a legally binding treaty to stop corporate and state violations of human rights. De Beers held exploration rights for the Marange diamond fields until this expired in 2006 and African Consolidated Resources (ACR) took over the rights.
The discovery of huge diamond deposits at the height of Zimbabwe''s political and economic crisis fuelled a diamond rush to Marange, initially by thousands of local people and later by people from all over the country and beyond (Kanhema, 2006). The rush was exacerbated by the ruling party, Zanu
May 16, 2019· Nhachi said the Domboshava issue is similar to the Marange debacle in Manicaland where people were forced to relocate and make way for Chinese company Anjin Investment and other companies to conduct diamond mining operations. But in 2016, former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe forced them out due to accusations of rampant looting of diamonds.
Mrange The inhabitants of Marange believe their village would be a better place to live in had it not been for the discovery of enormous deposits of alluvial diamonds in 2006, believed to constitute approximately
Villagers in Domboshava have been sending petitions to the government and holding protests against the quarry mine proposed by China Aihua Jianye, saying it would negatively affect more than 20,000 people, as well as clinics, schools, heritage sites, and graveyards in the area. Mining activities by Chinese companies in various parts of the country have had serious impacts on the local ...
May 05, 2020· GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO COVID 19 SHOWS MARANGE DIAMONDS ARE NOT SPARKLING. By Cosmas Sunguro. Dated 13 April 2020. A picture of mining dump trucks queuing for diamond ore in Chiadzwa. Zimbabwean government''s response to Covid 19 pandemic in Marange diamonds has been put into question. Their action has been rather lacadasical and at snail pace..
Apr 10, 2020· Visitors to the Marange community are required to obtain a police clearance which is often denied. A horrendous and brutal massacre of what government labelled illegal miners ensued in 2008 when the military was deployed to clear the fields of some 30 000 people purportedly to restore order and regularize mining activities.. Two years later, the Zimbabwe Defense Forces entered into a ...
Feb 01, 2015· Dreschler (2001) similarly noted that the country''s mineral industry had long been dominated by large mining companies in ways that precluded mineral ownership by Zimbabweans local artisanal miners. Marange''s diamond rush emerged midyear in 2006, when news began to spread of a major discovery of alluvial diamonds; within the first few weeks ...
The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread smallscale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Mutare District, Zimbabwe. ''Although estimates of the reserves contained in this area vary wildly, some have suggested that it could be home to one of the world''s richest diamond deposits''. The hugely prolific fields are regarded by some experts as the world''s biggest diamond (in carats, not by ...
Feb 08, 2016· By Andrew Mambondiyani. MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Shylet Mutsago, a 63yearold who lives near the diamond fields of Marange, cannot hide her anger over how mining in this gemrich part of eastern Zimbabwe has failed to improve the lives of local people.
Apr 18, 2019· There are some big changes afoot in Zimbabwe''s diamond sector. A Chinese backed company, Anjin, part owned by the Zimbabwean army, is set to resume mining in the Marange diamond fields in May this year following a three year hiatus, while Russia''s diamond mining giant Alrosa will reportedly complete setting up its office by the end of this month.
Jun 26, 2009· Local and international media have reported on the alleged involvement of Zimbabwe''s VicePresident and senior ZANUPF member Mrs. Mujuru in Marange diamond mining .
May 24, 2012· The regime of President Robert Mugabe has been accused of profiting from the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, garnering illicit funds that could be used to bolster his oppressive security forces. Now critics are alleging the government is failing to stop miningwaste pollution that is sickening livestock and local villagers.
Jul 15, 2019· VILLAGERS in Marange yesterday called on the government to halt new mining operations in Chiadzwa by Chinese diamond company Anjin claiming that it has a "dark past" including human rights abuses.
"What we are now worried is that we are hearing the company is mulling relocating us saying some of the villagers are involved when we know that some people outside Marange are travelling to conduct the illegal diamond mining with security agents manning the mines.
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