The Kimberley Process Chairman has decided to allow diamonds from the Marange field in Zimbabwe to be certified as conflict free. This decision has caused disappointment and outrage among both jewelers and NGOs concerned about diamonds in context to human rights. Many consider these diamonds from Marange as “blood diamonds.”

By Marc Choyt Using recycled metal has become a strong selling point to jewelers and customers interested in minimizing their impact. This is particularly true in the North American Market, where certified fair trade gold is not yet available. In the UK market, fair trade gold is in such demand that what ever is produced

By Mike Angenent Zimbabwe is planning to use money received for diamonds from its controversial Marange deposits to pay the Chinese government’s Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group (AFECC) for designing and building a defence college for top military officers.