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AWDC Issues Statement on 'Offshore Leaks'
Press Release: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) released the following statement with regard to a news article that appeared in Le Soir today, claiming that a member of the board, Santosh Kedia, is involved in what has...
Financial-Legal Apr 19, 2013 AWDC
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UN General Assembly Praises AWDC for Helping Curb Conflict Diamonds
Press Release: The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is commended in a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly. The resolution, presented by the outgoing chair of the Kimberley Process, U.S. Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic, highlights the role...
Rough Markets Jan 17, 2013 AWDC
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AWDC, Bain & Co. Present New Global Diamond Industry Report
Press Release: Following up on the global diamond industry report of 2012, Lifting the Veil of Mystery, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) and Bain & Company now release a second annual report, focusing more...
Polished Markets Dec 17, 2012 AWDC
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Antwerp Welcomes Lesotho's Minister of Mines
Press Release: On Tuesday, an official delegation led by Tlali Khasu, the minister of mines of Lesotho, was welcomed by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre's (AWDC) president, Stéphane Fischler, and chief executive, Ari Epstein. The visit...
Polished Markets Dec 04, 2012 AWDC
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Antwerp Diamond Tender Facility Holds Its First Sale
Press Release: The first rough tender in Antwerp Diamond Tender Facility was a great success on December 3. Only a few months after the official launch of the Antwerp Diamond Tender Facility, First Element (Pty) Ltd....
Rough Markets Dec 04, 2012 AWDC
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DDI Kicks Off Annual Industry Fundraising Campaign
Press Release: The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) International opened its annual ‎industry fundraising campaign, and the first contributions have been made by the Antwerp ‎World Diamond Centre (AWDC) and the International...
Fair Trade Oct 09, 2012 AWDC
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Belgium's Polished Exports -20% in July
Belgium’s polished diamond exports fell 20 percent year on year to $1.252 billion, ‎according to the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC). By volume, exports ‎dropped 23 percent to 702,220 carats as their average price increased 4 ‎percent to $1,782.78 per...
Polished Markets Aug 06, 2012 Avi Krawitz
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India, Belgium Ministers Meet to Strengthen Ties
India called for institutional cooperation between the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) and domestic diamond facilities, mainly in the areas of diamond and gemstone grading and sorting, research and development, certification and...
Polished Markets Aug 03, 2012 Dilipp S Nag
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Antwerp Pays Tribute to Oppenheimer
Press Release: On Tuesday, Antwerp's Diamond Trading Company (DTC) sightholders, diamond brokers and the AWDC, the umbrella organization representing the industry, paid tribute to Nicky Oppenheimer, the retiring chairman of the De Beers Group.During...
Marketing Jul 26, 2012 AWDC
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The World’s Leading Diamond Hub
Competition is rising between the diamond trading centers. Not only are there new kids ‎on the block vying for a greater portion of the global rough and polished trade, but the ‎diamond distribution...
Rough Markets Jul 13, 2012 Avi Krawitz
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Guinea Mine Fetches $2M at Antwerp Rough Tender
The first tender of rough diamonds from the Guinea-based Guiter mine fetched $2.2 ‎million in Antwerp this past week. All 26 lots placed on offer were sold with 5,724 carats achieving an ‎average of $392 per...
Rough Markets Jul 09, 2012 Avi Krawitz
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India Urges Antwerp Bourse to Create Institutional Link with BDB
India has urged the Antwerp diamond bourse to establish an institutional link with the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) for building necessary capacity and skill development.Anand Sharma, India’s minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles,...
Rough Markets Jun 26, 2012 Dilipp S Nag
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AWDC Elects Fischler as President
The newly elected board of directors of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) elected Stephane Fischler as its new president. The board also appointed Kaushik Mehta as vice president, representing the trade, and Philippe...
Marketing Jun 15, 2012 Jeff Miller
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Official Chinese Delegation Visits Antwerp's Diamond District
Press Release: An official delegation led by the Chinese Minister of Commerce of the People's Republic of China was welcomed by AWDC's chief executive officer (CEO) Ari Epstein on June 1, 2012.Over the past decade, the Belgian-Chinese trade...
Polished Markets Jun 03, 2012 AWDC
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IGI Finds Hundreds of Undisclosed Synthetic Diamonds at Labs
Several hundred man-made diamonds were sent to the International Gemological Institute ‎‎(IGI) in Antwerp and Mumbai to be certified as natural diamonds, raising concerns that a large ‎volume of these undisclosed CVD synthetic stones may have entered...
Polished Markets May 21, 2012 Avi Krawitz
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Antwerp Welcomes South Africa's Minister of Mineral Resources
Press Release: On Wednesday May 16, an official delegation led by her excellency Ms. Shabangu, the Minister of Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Africa, was welcomed by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre's (AWDC) vice president,...
Marketing May 16, 2012 AWDC
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Belgium's March Polished Diamond Exports +6%
Belgium’s polished diamond exports rose 6 percent year on year to $1.379 billion in March ‎‎2012, data from the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) showed. By volume, the ‎exports fell 33 percent to 652,916.33 carats while the...
Polished Markets Apr 10, 2012 Avi Krawitz
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Richard Branson to Keynote for Antwerp Diamond Academy
The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) will launch the Antwerp Diamond Academy on May 6, with a prestigious keynote speaker, the founder of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson. AWDC described Branson as ''arguably the...
Marketing Mar 26, 2012 Marc Goldstein
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Antwerp Launches New Strategic Plan
The Antwerp World Diamond Center (AWDC) revealed today, at long last, its 2020 strategic master plan, which is actually referred to as the ''Antwerp Diamond Master Plan - Diamonds Love Antwerp 2020," following many years...
Manufacturing Feb 08, 2012 Marc Goldstein
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Antwerp Hosts Third Annual Diamond Trade Fair
Press Release: The Antwerp Diamond Bourse and the Diamond Club of Antwerp opened their doors on Sunday as the third edition of the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair (ADTF) was launched at the trading halls of the...
Manufacturing Jan 30, 2012 ADTF
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