Diamond smuggling serious, damage the interests of the state
There are reports that airport staff involved in smuggling diamonds behavior. They took the smuggling goods and no after examination, Zimbabwe’s government in March of 2007 new policies, blocked in the east of the diamond, the purpose is to prevent the increasingly serious stolen in mining, the smuggling activities. Any to this area needs to police issued pass, and specify the purpose of the trip, and even senior government officials is not exceptional also, police strengthen severely, put a stop to the airport staff of the act of smuggling. At the same time, mining resources minister said recently in Marange area will begin to legal mining. To the specific time will be in mining and mining party after counsel to the public. And now, the area is still under control, but there is speculation that someone into the mine and steal mining.

According to Zimbabwe central bank statistics, smuggling diamonds make Zimbabwe at least twice a week from 4000 to 50 million dollars in damage. Zimbabwe’s central bank in the weekend figures, diamond smuggling to the loss caused by Zimbabwe’s $400 million. “We are their own worst enemy”. Zimbabwe is through the South Africa most diamonds, dubai and Zambia smuggled into the Asian market.

Coal, steel and other major energy mineral production decline
Zimbabwe steel company operating the situation is very bad. After independence in 1980, iron ore production capacity is 2 million tons/year, 1992 have been reduced to 1.2 million tons/year.