Zim targets 12m carats in 5 years
21 August 2020 Zimbabwe is targeting to grow diamond production from 3,5 million to 12 million carats by 2025, Minister of Mines and Mining Development Winston Chitando has said. Before Zimbabwe attains such lofty output it has to achieve an ambitious but achievable target of growing the diamond sector to a US$1 billion industry. […]
How COVID 19 has disrupted the diamond industry
13 August 2020 In the months of December 2019 and early January 2020, the diamond industry was experiencing a rise in the demand for diamonds and jewelry. This was until the COVID 19 pandemic struck affecting China which accounts for 15% of the global diamond market. The lockdown in China not only meant […]
Diamond giant pours US$38m into Chiadzwa
President Mnangagwa cuts the ribbon to mark the launch of Anjin Mining Company’s official resumption of work in Chiadzwa. He is flanked by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga (second from right), Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri (right), Anjin board chairman Mr Jiang Qingde (second from left) and Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube (left). […]
Alrosa begins extensive diamond exploration
29 July 2020 The world’s biggest diamond producer, Alrosa, has begun extensive diamond exploration in an exercise that could easily be the country’s biggest ever diamond hunt. Although the country has bountiful mineral resources, it still remains under-explored. Previous exploration data believed to have been carried out by a Canadian firm that was contracted […]
Alrosa, ZCDC JV starts prospecting for diamonds in Zimbabwe
21 July 2020 Alrosa Zimbabwe (Alrosa Zim), a joint venture (JV) between Russian diamond miner Alrosa and Zimbabwe State-owned miner Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), has started prospecting and preliminary exploration works for primary diamond deposits. After getting special grants from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, Alrosa Zim had the environmental-impact assessment […]
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ZCDC dolls out farming inputs
17 January 2020 SCORES of villagers at Arda Transau heaved a huge sigh of relief after receiving farming inputs from the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC). Minister of State for Manicaland Affairs Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba recently admitted at a diamond mining indaba that livelihoods of people at Arda Transau has been a thorny issue. […]
Gem Boys’ stellar story!
IT goes without saying and beyond any shadow of doubt that Manica Diamonds scripted one of the most fascinating stories in the just-ended Castle Lager Premier Soccer League 2019 season, providing a beautiful and different narrative to the usual discourse we have grown accustomed to. The diamond miners, then Mutare’s sole representative in the elite […]
2019 Diamond Super Cup Final
The 2019 Diamond Super Cup football tournament finals pitting Tenax FC and Masvingo United FC will take place at Sakubva Stadium, Mutare, on Saturday 7 December 2019. This year marks the third edition of the football tournament under the sponsorship of ZCDC. The tournament has contributed significantly to the development of football in the Eastern […]
ZCDC donates start-up sorghum seeds to Arda Transau community
Community member Mr Onius Chiadzwa (right) hands over Seed Support to Chirasika Primary School Head, Mr Peter Mukanda. Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (Pvt) Ltd has donated sorghum seeds to the Arda Transau community to assist with start-up sorghum seed for the Delta Market Project. Agriculture production remains a key source of livelihood for rural […]