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ANTWERP's Diamond MISSION TO ANGOLA TO BOOST DIAMOND REVENUE AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT The arrival of a powerful delegation of 20 Antwerp diamond company CEO’s in the capital Luanda, in a mission organized by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) and the Belgian Embassy under the auspices of the Angolan Ministry of Minerals and Petroleum (MIREMPET), signals a renewed interest from both Antwerp and Angola to collaborate more closely in the diamond industry. In 2018, just months after taking office, President Lourenço visited Antwerp, Belgium, the world’s largest, most important diamond trade hub. Acknowledging hardly any of Angola’s rough diamonds were traded directly on the Antwerp market for decades, Lourenço repeated his ambition to reform the Angolan diamond industry and collaborate closely with Antwerp, widely considered the most powerful and transparent trade hub in the world. The Angolan administration lives up to its commitment, and a series of reforms has been put in motion to create a more transparent and sustainable diamond industry in Angola, important...

Grib Diamonds Adopts The Sarine Diamond JourneyTM Traceability Program Singapore Exchange Mainboard listed Sarine Technologies Ltd (“Sarine” and along with its subsidiaries “the Group”) (U77:SI), a worldwide leader in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sale of precision technology products for the evaluation, planning, processing, measurement, grading and trading of diamonds...

GIA Laboratory Prevents Attempted Fraud GIA (Gemological Institute of America) is seeing an increase in the number of laboratory-grown diamonds submitted for update or verification services with counterfeit inscriptions referencing GIA natural diamond reports. The majority of the newly-submitted laboratory-grown diamonds have higher clarities and their...

GET-Diamonds Signs Agreement with Technology Company Lucy Platforms A year after its launch, GET-Diamonds.com, the B2B e-commerce diamond trading site owned by the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), signed a new long-term agreement with high-tech company Lucy Platforms. According to the agreement Lucy will use its proprietary AI-based technology to enhance the design...

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Announces Strategic Partnership with Natural Diamond Council to Promote the "Natural Diamonds Dream" Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited (“Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group”, “the Group” or “the Company”; SEHK stock code: 1929), a Hong Kong Main Board listed company with over 90 years of heritage, is delighted to announce an exclusive strategic partnership with The Natural Diamond Council (NDC)...

Israel Diamond Exchange Returns to Full Activity with Blue & White Fair Today, as Israel removed almost all Corona virus restrictions, the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) held the first “Blue and White” diamond fair since the start of the pandemic. The fair symbolized a full return to normal activity for the Israeli diamond industry. The Blue and White fairs have traditionally been held every several times...