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Keeping conflict gold on the agenda

The recent decision to allow Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports has once more pushed the issue of conflict diamonds to the forefront of the ethical sourcing debate in the jewellery industry.

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Global Witness Leaves the Kimberley Process

One of the few ‘saving graces’ of the Kimberley Process (KP) – the scheme set up to break the link between diamonds and conflict – was the active involvement of Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Read More >>

Dismay at decision to allow the export of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe

The recent news that Zimbabwe will once again be included within the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is hugely disappointing.
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Kimberley Process monitor finally arrives in Zimbabwe

After four months of squabbling, a candidate has finally been appointed to monitor the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Zimbabwe. Abbey Chikane is a former Chairman of the Kimberley Process, and heads the South African Diamond Board. Since arriving in Zimbabwe in early March he has met with state-authorised mining firms and ministry officials. Read More >>

The Fight Against Blood Diamonds

As with all very high-value goods, the trade in diamonds is subject to more than its fair share of abuse. In particular, the high price of diamonds in relation to their size makes them vulnerable to being controlled to finance war and insurgency. Read More >>

Call For Zimbabwe Diamond Restrictions

Human rights groups are calling for Zimbabwe's access to the diamond trade to be restricted following reports of brutality by government militia. Due to their value and crucial place in the export of natural resources,  mining of diamonds is particularly open to abuse by interested parties. Read More >>

What Gives Diamonds Their Sparkle?

Diamonds are prized for several reasons - they are very hard, making them an important component in cutting technology - and they are intrinsically beautiful. Diamonds sparkle and shine like no other gemstone, which is why they are so prized by bespoke jewellery  makers. Manufacturers of fake diamonds try to recreate this characteristic and some come close, but never with complete success. So what makes diamonds sparkle?

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Are Diamonds a Girl's Best Friend?

You know the saying, ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’, but if you are trying to maintain an ethical wedding, the choosing of your wedding jewellery can be fraught with complications. On the market there are many so called ‘blood diamonds’ or ‘conflict diamonds’ available. Finding ethical jewellery is the best way to avoid inadvertently supporting this trade. Read More >>

Zimbabwe warned over conflict diamonds

The KP -- an international diamond certification scheme --- recently concluded a fact finding mission on the 16 000 hectare Chiadzwa diamond fields that were discovered at the height of Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis and its findings put pressure on the coalition government to speed up its reforms.

Desperate villagers and diamond dealers descended on the fields controlled by the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) sometime last year where they were involved in illegal mining activities. Read More >>

Survival targets Graff Diamonds

Human rights group Survival International held a protest last week outside Graff Diamonds flagship London store, to demand that Laurence Graff pulls out of a controversial diamond mine planned on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana.

Survival also wrote to celebrities who wear Graff diamonds, including Victoria Beckham, Naomi Campbell and Elizabeth Hurley, asking them to stop wearing the jewels, and is targeting the Oscars to prevent celebrities wearing Graff diamonds. Read More >>

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Keeping conflict gold on the agenda

The recent decision to allow Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports has once more pushed the issue of conflict diamonds to the forefront of the ethical sourcing debate in the jewellery industry.

Read More >>

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