The Parliamentary Committee on the Zimbabwe Mining and Energy this week to visit the Marange diamond fields against the backdrop of a sharp drop in diamond production. The fall occurred after the transfer of diamond concessions consolidated diamond mining company Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC).
NewsDay quoted committee chairman Daniel Shumba (Daniel Shumba), who said that during the visit it will be necessary to assess the views of miners at work ZCDC.
"The committee will visit Chiadzwa (Chiadzwa) [Marange] to watch almazobyvayuschey industry activities, and will communicate with the miners, to hear their views on the problems and the positive things happening in this sector", - he said.
"This is not a witch hunt, this is the site visits, designed to show how mining companies operate after consolidation," - he continues.
Although previous Marange diamond mining companies accused of deriving income from the country, ZCDC failed to ensure the growth of the diamond production and revenue.
ZCDC, which currently conducts mining concessions on DMC and Marange Resources, since the beginning of 2016 produced 924 388 carats of diamonds in Marange, compared with 3.2 million carats produced in the same period in 2015.
The source quoted the minister of mining country Chidakvu Walter (Walter Chidhakwa), who said that the weak performance of production was due to court cases in which the former Marange diamond mining company challenged the decision of the government on the expropriation of its concessions in February last year.
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