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President Masisi of Botswana visits Antwerp diamond industry President Masisi of the Republic of Botswana and the First lady, together with the Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Kwape, and the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Mr Moagi, visite the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. Botswana is the second largest diamond producing country in the world and has continuously strengthened its position in the global diamond industry in the past decade. Highlighting the excellent relationships between the two diamond strongholds, the visit included a meeting with the AWDC Board of Directors, a meet and greet with the Antwerp diamond community at Antwerp’s rough diamond bourse, the Kring, and a visit to tender specialist Bonas Group. Botswana is one of Antwerp’s most important trading partners. In 2021 Botswana exported 2,17 billion dollars worth of rough diamonds to Antwerp, making Antwerp their single most important export partner for diamonds in terms of value...

The road to Kimberley Process reform is long and arduous as infighting and distrust dominate Botswana meeting In its closing remarks at the Kimberley Process (KP) Intersessional meeting in Botswana, the KP Civil Society Coalition (CSC) deplored the incapacity of the certification scheme to address its demons. It finds the KP ship rudderless, or actually sinking. The system is broke, and the mistrust...

Trade buyers ready to do business at JGW Singapore International buyers are ready to hop onto planes to attend Jewellery & Gem WORLD (JGW), which is returning fully in-person for the first time since 2019 in Singapore. The fair will present the newest products of around 1,000 exhibitors from 30+ countries and regions from 27 to 30 September at the Singapore EXPO...

Lab Grown Diamonds An Uncompromising & Priceless Beauty Mr Anup Zaveri in this exclusive spoke to The New Jeweller bureau about his expansion into Lab grown diamond sector and gave his opinion on why the lab grown diamond sector is destined to become a huge Industry...

GA Demand App Launched by GemAtlas.com for the Diamond sector in India GemAtlas.com, one of the globally renowned networking platform for the gems and jewellery industry has launched a new App, GA Demand App, to cater to every buyers’ polished diamond requirement for single stones as well as parcels. The App will allow users to post specific demand for certified...