NGOs slam KP decision on Zimbabwe diamond sales

The decision to allow the export of rough diamonds from the Marange fields was “a pure business deal” and failed to address the risk of the diamond industry financing political violence in Zimbabwe in the lead up to the country’s election...

Zimbabwe gets green light for Marange diamond exports

Zimbabwe has been given the green light to start rough diamond exports from all operations in the controversial Marange region, according to an agreement reached on Monday at the 8th Kimberley Process (KP) Plenary in the Democratic Republic of...

NGOs fume after the lifting of Marange gems sales ban

Human rights activists have expressed outrage with a decision to allow Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports from the controversial Marange fields, which is regarded as a human-rights violation hotspot. Civil society groups have also expressed...

WFDB’s Paz believes KP will allow Marange exports to resume

The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), as the diamond trade's chief watchdog, said on Friday it would continue to give its full support to the Kimberley Process (KP) and any future decision to allow Zimbabwe to resume rough diamond...

West African conflict imperils fragile diamond recovery

Although conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have dominated world news, there are increasing warnings of a civil war in Côte d’Ivoire, from which media focus has shifted. Kimberley Process (KP) chairperson Mathieu Yamba reports that...

West African conflict imperils fragile diamond recovery

Although conflict in the Middle East and North Africa has dominated world news, there are increasing warnings of a civil war in Côte d'Ivoire, from which media focus has shifted.

Zimbabwe dividing Kimberley Process member countries

Two schools of thought are developing among members of the Kimberley Process over reported human rights abuses and alleged diamond smuggling in the Marange mining fields of Zimbabwe. Although this should not put the future of the Kimberley...

Panama prepares to launch new diamond exchange

Top Panamanian government officials and diamond and jewellery industry leaders will gather in the country later this week for the official launch of the Panama Diamond Exchange. The exchange, which will be Latin America' first and only complex...

'Gaborone meeting served to strengthen fight against conflict gems'

The Kimberley Process Plenary meeting, held in Gaborone, Botswana, this week had successfully addressed remaining concerns about conflict diamonds, industry body the World Diamond Council said on Thursday - the gathering was attended by...

Industry is committed to effective gem certification, World Diamond Council chief stresses

Failure of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), set up to deal with the scourge of conflict diamonds, was not an option, World Diamond Council chairperson Eli Izhakoff said on Monday at the plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process,...

SA to host Kimberley Process meet in April

South Africa will host the next plenary session of the Kimberley Process, the worldwide body that regulates the trade and certification of rough diamonds, from April 28 to 31, in Johannesburg.