The Vice President Gen (Rtd) C.G.D.N Chiwenga has recently toured the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) Deep Boiling Facility in Marange, Manicaland Province.
He was welcomed by the Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Advocate Misheck Mugadza, Minister of State Security Lovemore Matuke, and Service Chief, led by the Commander of the Defence Forces General Phillip Valerio Sibanda.
During the tour, VP Chiwenga emphasised the importance of modernising the plant to boost productivity and competitiveness in the global Diamond market. Chiwenga said, value addition by local companies is a necessity as rough diamonds or other raw minerals extraction will not be able to foster the kind of mining sector contribution to the national and local economies
“The brief that we received and the subsequent your of the deep boiling facility made us appreciate the importance of undertaking basic processes such as removal of the coating of our rough diamonds at the source of production,” said VP Chiwenga.
The company’s chief operating officer Mr Dennis Mtombeni said the vision of the company is continuous progression in value addition of diamonds
