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.Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said that all contracts and mining leases that were awarded by government to mining firms in the controversial Marange diamond field should be cancelled as they were fraudulently awarded.
Despite reports that Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) had given a dividend of 800 000 USD, Zimonline quoted Biti as saying that the state had not received any revenue from the diamond mining area.
“There is nothing coming from Chiadzwa. There is nothing coming to the fiscus from Chiadzwa,” Biti was quoted as saying.
“Chiadzwa represents the biggest find of alluvial diamonds in the history of mankind. In the interest of transparency, all mining licences, leases, special grants that have been given in Chiadzwa must be cancelled forthwith. All mining operations must cease. There must be a new diamond law in Zimbabwe.”
Zimonline reports that government had also shortlisted firms to extract diamonds in Chiadzwa.
The short listing of the firms came at a time when a Kimberley Process (KP) monitor Abbey Chikane had begun assessing operations in Zimbabwe.
Currently, two firms Mbada Diamonds and Canadile Miners were mining diamonds at the diamond fields.
Mathew Nyaungwa, Rough&Polished, from Namibia
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