GOVERNMENT'S consolidation of diamond mines operating in Marange and President Robert Robert Mugabe's shock claim that Treasury could have lost US$15 billion in diamond proceeds will come under the spotlight when the world's top producers of the precious stones meet in Dubai later this month, informed sources have said. The Kimberley Process , a joint governments, industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds -- rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments -- will convene intercessional meetings in Dubai between May 23 and 26 where Zimbabwe will be on the agenda. ......
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