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Article

1 Nov 2010

Author:
Steven Scheer, Reuters

Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports, says meets terms

Zimbabwe plans to resume selling diamonds from its controversial Marange fields within days, saying it fully meets the standards required by the body that regulates trade in conflict diamonds...In June, Zimbabwe's government agreed that diamonds from Marange would only be sold under the Kimberley Process...Marange became involved with the Kimberley Process after 30,000 illegal diggers descended on the fields in 2006, prompting the government to deploy the army...Rights groups accused the security forces of committing atrocities during the crackdown..."There is recognition that there have been marked improvements in Marange," said Stephane Chardon, chairman of the Kimberley Process working group on monitoring. "But only some parts are compliant and in other parts, less progess has been made."...In addition to Marange, Zimbabwe exports diamonds through a domestic unit of global miner Rio Tinto.