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.”

Por Marc Choyt El uso de metal reciclado se ha convertido en un fuerte punto de venta para los joyeros y los clientes interesados ​​en minimizar su impacto,,en,Esto es particularmente cierto en el mercado de América del Norte,,en,donde oro certificado de comercio justo todavía no está disponible,,en,En el mercado del Reino Unido,,en,el oro de comercio justo es tal demanda que lo que cada vez que se produce,,en,Por Mike Angenent Zimbabwe está previsto utilizar el dinero recibido por los diamantes de Marange sus polémicos depósitos para pagar Económica Grupo de Construcción de Anhui exterior del gobierno chino,,en. 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.