50-carat diamond found at new mine
New York–Mountain Province Diamonds has announced the recovery of a 50.25-carat gem-quality diamond at the Gahcho Kué mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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KP chair proposes independent funding of NGOs by end of 2016
The UAE Kimberley Process (KP) Chair, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has issued a proposal for fair, independent funding of NGOs in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS).
What diamonds are US consumers buying today?
What is the volume of diamonds American specialty jewelry retailers sell every year? Are there pockets of opportunity within items that are losing favor? And how many lab-grown goods are really selling? More importantly, what is the sales pattern and trend?
In developing deposit, Alrosa considers the reindeer
Moscow–Alrosa is taking special measures to ensure the safety of the wild reindeer that populate the area around what is now the Russian mining company’s largest development project.
Why the GIA grades lab-grown diamonds like it does
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.
What is Blockchain – and how does it apply to diamonds?
The technology might help track stolen goods and improve the Kimberley Process.
Diwali closedown of manufacturing plants begins in Surat
Many smaller and medium-size diamond plants in Surat, India’s major diamond cutting and polishing center, have already begun the closedown for the country’s almost three-week long Diwali holiday.
Diamond Empowerment Fund elects Marcus ter Haar, Deputy MD of Okavango Diamond Company, to board of directors
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.
US bodies to carry out joint research project into trade in rough
The Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America (DMIA) and the United States Kimberley Process Authority (USKPA) are to conduct a joint research project to study the trade in rough diamonds in the United States.
KP proposes UN-mandated permanent secretariat
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.
Kimberley Process on global diamond production in 2015
The participants of the Kimberley Process (KP) established in 2000 in Kimberley at the initiative of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia are diamond producing and diamond importing countries, which pursue the aim to prevent trading in the so-called “conflict diamonds“
KP chair invites Civil Society Coalition to attend plenary meeting
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.