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Does Kimberley Process monitor cut diamonds?
Question : Blood Diamonds Hi Robert, thank you very much for providing all this information about conflict diamonds. I have been googling to find out as much information as possible [...]
What the Big Jewelry Chains Said About Conflict Minerals
As the result of section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, public companies have had to file reports over the last month disclosing whether they [...]
De Beers Exec: “We See Tremendous Change in the Business”
In the first interview since he took over the position of De Beers' executive vice president of global sightholder sales from Varda Shine earlier this year, 30-year De Beers vet [...]
How Independent Will Botswana Get?
Botswana became independent in 1966. But at this year's JCK show in Las Vegas, the country—or at least the diamond part of it—seemed to be declaring its independence for a [...]
De Beers CEO: We Won’t Be Raising Prices 5 Percent a Year
In an interview yesterday at the Forevermark breakfast, De Beers CEO Philippe Mellier denied reports the company aims to raise prices an average of 5 percent a year. He also [...]
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Marange?
Some further thoughts stemming from last week's post on Antwerp and Zimbabwe: Whatever you feel about Antwerp World Diamond Centre CEO Ari Epstein's remarks last week to the Zimbabwe Parliament, [...]
Meet Bluedax, the RapNet for Rough
There's a lot of talk about whether rough should be traded in Antwerp or Dubai. But in the last year, a new market has emerged that could prove equally significant—online. [...]
Supplier of Choice, RIP
You may remember Supplier of Choice. It was the De Beers policy designed to set the industry up for the post-cartel world. It billed itself as transparent, open, and objective. [...]
DeBeers Approves Snap Lake Financing
De Beers Approves Financing for Canadian Diamond Mine De Beers Board of Directors has given approval to move the Snap Lake project from the current stage of preproduction development into [...]
Prices Soar as Supply Goes Down
[Editor's Note :: This article is for dealers attending the Tucson show, but it gives consumers a good idea of how things are going, and prices are rocketing this year, [...]
Rio Tinto Mining Paints Rosy Future
The world’s second-largest miner, Rio Tinto announced its first rough diamond tender for 2014, which consists of 124 lots of the special gems including a range of rare natural pink [...]
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