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Fifty-year-old Rosemary Chiadzwa of Ward 30 in Chiadzwa village was in the company of her niece at a business centre widely known as maSugar Sugar in Marange in Manicaland where she sells vegetables to support her...

The diamond industry had been promoting a culture of ethical sourcing and transparency as studies have time and again revealed that consumers, particularly the younger generation, are increasingly concerned about such matters.DiaMondaine Diamond Club founder Agnes...

Diamond production is expected to rise 19% this year to 5m carats  from 4,2m  achieved last year due to the  opening up of the world economies following the slowing down of the Covid-19 pandemic.The improvement in production is also...

From being treated as a pariah in the global diamond industry in the not too distant past,the remarkable work that Zimbabwe has put in to shrug off the undesirable tag is paying off, and will be...

 Zimbabwe’s largest diamond miner, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), aims to increase its annual production to over 5 million carats from 4.1 million carats last year. Other diamond mining companies, including Anjin, a Zimbabwe-China joint venture...

Diamond stakeholders are burning the midnight oil, preparing for the upcoming Kimberly Process  Review team visit slated for next month which is meant to scrutinize the country's diamond mining operations in line with international best practices.Prince...

STATE-OWNED diamond miner, Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC)’s gems are back on the market after a seven-month hiatus.The ZCDC has been on a massive production ramp up spearheaded by a new management team. Last year, for...

Sales of rough diamonds by Debswana Diamond Company jumped 64% in 2021, statistics released by the Bank of Botswana showed on Monday, driven by the reopening of key global consumer markets. The total value of Debswana’s diamond...

London-listed Vast Resources said on Tuesday it had pulled out of a $4 million deal to buy Ghaghoo diamond mine in Botswana from Gem Diamonds, without giving reasons. In August, Gem Diamonds entered into a binding share...

The Zimbabwe government has blacklisted well-known diamond dealer, Jamal Ahmed, from participating in the Minerals Marketing Corporation Of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) diamond auction as authorities sweat to bust a diamond-buying syndicate influencing prices on the auction a...

De Beers pushed through one of its most aggressive diamond price increases in recent years as the world’s biggest producer of the stones cashes in on a buying frenzy for uncut gems.De Beers raised prices by...

New research by a team at Japan’s Yokohama National University found that flaws in diamonds —atomic defects where carbon is replaced by nitrogen or another element— may offer a close-to-perfect interface for quantum computing, a proposed...