President says operations must come under state control because existing miners gain ‘robbed’ country of its wealthThe president of Zimbabwe,Robert Mugabe, has said his government will acquire possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth.
Mugabe made his comments a week after the ministry of mines ordered all mining companies to halt work and leave the Marange fields, or saying they had not renewed their licences. At the time it denied it was seizing the mines.
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Source: theguardian.com