mo4ch:>Russia’s diamond titan returns to Zimbabwe to help country regain its former luster | Mo4ch News

The world’s largest diamond producer, Russia’s Alrosa, is ready to launch operations in Zimbabwe two years after mining projects in the crisis-stricken country were shelved, the company chief executive Sergey Ivanov said.According to Ivanov, the details of the projects will be negotiated in the near future. Alrosa is reportedly planning to continue exploration of the region with the support of the Zimbabwean government.“I’m sure we’ll be able to discuss prospects of our participation in the sphere of geologic exploration activities and development of deposit with a high degree of exploration maturity,” Ivanov told journalists.“We are ready to share all of Alrosa's technology when it comes to grading and preparing diamonds for sale, as well as the necessary know-how so that Zimbabwe could get back the position the country had on the global diamond mining market for several years,” he added.In December, the Russian diamond miner set up a subsidiary Alrosa (Zimbabwe) Limited in the Z…