Antwerp group to sell 12m in Zim diamonds

[miningmx.com] – THE Antwerp World Diamond Centre wants to sell 12 million carats of diamonds from Zimbabwe this year, said Bloomberg News citing CEO of the diamond group, Ari Epstein.

“We were instrumental in the lifting of sanctions against ZMDC,’ Epstein told Bloomberg News. The company has joint ventures with five companies, including Anjin Investments of China and Mbada Diamonds, it said.

Zimbabwe’s government sold a combined $17.5m from two diamond auctions in December and February selling over 1 million carats, said Bloomberg News.

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