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Earlier this week, I wrote a story about two large lab-grown diamonds–one 5.19 carats and the other a 10.08-carat blue–recently examined by the Gemological Institute of America’s laboratory in Hong Kong.
The technology might help track stolen goods and improve the Kimberley Process.
Press Release – New York – The Diamond Empowerment Fund (D.E.F.) welcomes Marcus ter Haar, Deputy Managing Director of the Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) based in Botswana, to its global board of directors effective October 1.
The Kimberley Process (KP) chair called for the establishment of a permanent secretariat to oversee the rehabilitation of nations that have been banned from exporting diamonds.
The UAE Kimberley Process Chair (KP Chair), Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has extended an invitation to all members of the Civil Society Coalition (CSC) to attend the upcoming Plenary in Dubai, UAE.
The Diamond Empowerment Fund (D.E.F.) has presented a check for $130,000 to the Botswana Top Achievers program.
Dorothée Gizenga, head of the Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), the organization dealing with the traditional diamond mining, in her interview to Rough&Polished
The Federation of Belgian Diamond Bourses, together with the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), has held a well-attended, two-hour information session on synthetic stones for members of the city’s four bourses.
Kimberley Process (KP) Chair Ahmed Bin Sulayem said that the KP Central African Republic (CAR) Monitoring team has declared three more sub-prefectures, Boda, Carnot and Nola, as ‘Compliant Zones’.
Is the time finally right for a diamond chain of custody? Andrew Bone, the executive director of Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), took some time to speak with me following his presentation at the World Diamond Council’s annual meeting earlier this month.
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the KP Chair, today announced program and speakers for the upcoming KP Chair 2016 Special Forum on Rough Diamond Valuation
HRD Antwerp terminated its contract with chief executive officer Peter Macken after less than 18 months because of “differing strategic views.”