Jewelry Biz-News quotes Zimbabwean Mines and Mining Development minister, Obert Mpofu, as saying that the country’s government is in the midst of negotiations with several investors who have expressed an interest in mining diamonds at the Marange diamond fields. The minister said that their names will be announced as soon as a deal is closed.

Minister Mpofu noted: “We are talking to quite a number of people whom we want to engage as diamond mining partners.” Mpofu refrained from divulging the names of the potential diamond investors.