In July 2007, the Namibian arm of Diamond Trading Company announced competitive selection among the country’s diamond cutting factories to be included into the first list of NDTC sightholders. At that time, Hard Stone Processing (Pty) Ltd (HSP) was already working in Namibia as an independent manufacturer and its factory successfully occupied a strong position among the leading sightholders turning into one of the three top diamond cutting companies in Namibia. Its CEO Burhan Seber gave this interview to Rough&Polished.
Botswana diamond miner, Debswana recently said that the temporary dip in diamond prices will likely see the company producing just below its target of 25 million carats for 2011. However, Esther Kanaimba-Senai, the Group’s Manager for Corporate and Public Affairs, told Rough&Polished in an interview that Debswana was not in trouble.
Malca-Amit is a full service courier company with a 21 year record of providing the highest quality personalised service and the most efficient logistic solutions for diamonds, jewelry, gold, coins, bank notes, and valuable documents. Our correspondent in Brussels caught up with Nigel Paxman, CEO of the Malca-Amit Group of Companies, to find out more about this company.Reports say the Zimbabwean government has accused world diamond mining giant, De Beers of looting tonnes of diamonds from the Marange mining fields over a period of 15 years without notifying the state of the discovery of the gems.
“De Beers looted our diamonds for 15 years and were sending them to South Africa without our knowledge and they had even declared that area a restricted area, as if it was their land when the country belongs to us,” Mines minister Obert Mpofu told journalists.
He was quoted as saying by the Independent that the government during that time believed that De Beers was only prospecting and carrying out tests when in reality the company was carrying out covert mining activities.
“Everyone knows that the diamonds at Chiadzwa are mined from the surface and De Beers was for the last 15 years alleging that they were doing prospecting and carrying out tests when in actual fact they were looting diamonds from Chiadzwa,” he was quoted as saying.
He said De Beers pulled out of the country when government began a probe into the operations of the company after getting wind that there were diamonds at Chiadzwa and that the diamond miner was covertly mining at the site.
Mathew Nyaungwa, Rough&Polished, from Namibia
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