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Competitive NGO’s
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The recent withdrawal of Global Witness from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) generated much press coverage and interest. The move was inevitable but timely. The group’s frustrations reached a tipping point...
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Fair Trade
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Dec 16, 2011
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Avi Krawitz
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JVC Explains New Regulations on Gold, Tungsten
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The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) hosted a workshop at the JCK Las Vegas show on Thursday to help clarify the impact that new disclosure regulations on tungsten and gold will have on the jewelry industry. JVC's president Cecilia Gardner hosted the forum titled “Conflict Minerals: Gold,...
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Fair Trade
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Jun 03, 2011
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Ricci Dipshan
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Diamond Congress Addresses Zimbabwe and Industry Financing
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During the second day at the 34th World Diamond Congress underway in Moscow, the industry's movers and shakers discussed how to address and prioritize issues such as Zimbabwe and the credit burden on the industry. Zimbabwe is to be the big topic discussed later this week during the...
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Fair Trade
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Jul 12, 2010
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Anastasia Serdyukova
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Diamond News Broadcast
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Following the Kimberley Process meeting in Tel Aviv, some important claims were made in Zimbabwe's newspapers that were simply not true. As the trade awaits next steps from Zimbabwe as it threatens to sell rough despite outside pressure, the World Diamond Council made it very clear that...
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Fair Trade
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Jun 30, 2010
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Rapaport News
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U.S. Opposes Any Attempt to Export Marange Rough
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During a U.S. State Department briefing held today, Philip Crowley, the assistant secretary of state for public affairs, said that the U.S. was disappointed that consensus was not reached on Zimbabwe during the recent Kimberley Process (KP) meeting in Tel Aviv. "We look for...
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Fair Trade
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Jun 28, 2010
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Jeff Miller
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Angola Approves IGE Contract
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IGE Resources received government approval for its Luxinge diamond project in Angola, which is based on estimated resources of 1.1 million carats and allows for the sale of 8,000 carats that are already in stock. IGE signed a mining contract with Endiama and is moving forward toward diamond...
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Mining
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Jun 25, 2010
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Jeff Miller
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Zimbabwe's Disregard for Human Rights Troubles Nongovernmental Organizations
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The lack of consensus among Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) members on a decision about whether or not Zimbabwe could resume diamond exports from the Marange was actually welcomed by civil society members. “There are no winners with this result. But by maintaining a ban on exports in the absence...
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Financial-Legal
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Jun 24, 2010
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Jeff Miller
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Official Statement: KP Intersessional Meeting Ends With No Resolution
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The following is a statement from the Kimberley Process (KP): The Intersessional Meeting of the KP, presided over by Israel as chair, has concluded as of today, June 24. On the agenda of the meeting were a number of initiatives related to the ongoing work of the KP and to the consolidation of the process, such...
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Financial-Legal
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Jun 24, 2010
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Kimberley Process
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Israel Committed to Three Initiatives for KP
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The following speech was delivered by Boaz Hirsch, chairman of the Kimberley Process (KP), at the opening of the KP's intersessional meeting in Tel Aviv on Monday.His Excellency, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Mr. Binyamin (Fouad) Ben Eliezer; Director General of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor,...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 22, 2010
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Boaz Hirsch
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Polished Markets
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Jun 22, 2010
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CIBJO & HRD Antwerp
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NGOs Warn It Is Becoming Difficult to Justify KP
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The nongovernmental arm of the Kimberley Process (KP) warned that it is questioning its participation in the scheme based on current issues with Zimbabwe. “It's getting more and more difficult to explain the crisis in Zimbabwe's diamond sector. It's very hard to explain decisions that are made behind...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 22, 2010
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Deena Taylor, Avi Krawitz
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Zimbabwe Denies Diamond Campaigner Bail
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A Zimbabwe court has denied bail to Farai Maguwu, the head of a local nongovernment organization (NGO) focused on monitoring abuses around the Marange diamond fields, despite pressure from global human rights groups to free him.Maguwu was arrested in early June and charged with providing false information...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 21, 2010
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Avi Krawitz
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WDC Calls on KP to Strengthen Administration
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The following is the address delivered by Eli Izhakoff, the president of the World Diamond Council (WDC), to the participants of the 2010 Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP) that is being held in Tel Aviv, Israel, today, June 21, 2010.Mr. chairman, delegates, distinguished guests:It is my pleasure to be able...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 21, 2010
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World Diamond Council
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Groups Up Their Demands Ahead of KP Meeting
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Global Witness, Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) and Green Advocates Liberia have demanded the immediate release of Farai Maguwu from Zimbabwe prison. Maguwu is the director of the Mutare-based Centre for Research and Development (CRD), a group that has monitored conditions in the diamond fields of Zimbabwe...
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Financial-Legal
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Jun 18, 2010
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Jeff Miller
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PAC Calls on the KP to Suspend Zimbabwe
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Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) has called upon the Kimberley Process (KP) to suspend Zimbabwe from its certification scheme before the KP meeting to be held in Tel Aviv later this month.“The Zimbabwe authorities have been given ample opportunity to demilitarize and legitimize its diamond industry, to respect...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 14, 2010
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Avi Krawitz
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Global Witness Rejects Claim That Zimbabwe Diamonds Are Clean
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Press Release: State-sponsored violence and human rights abuses are still taking place in the diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe in contrast to claims made in a leaked report from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) monitor, said campaign group Global Witness today. Global Witness has serious...
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Mining
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Jun 08, 2010
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Global Witness
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Zimbabwe NGO Director Turns Himself Over to Police
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Farai Maguwu, director of Zimbabwe’s Centre for Research and Development (CRD), turned himself into police on Thursday, following a raid on CRD's offices the previous week, The New York Times reported.Maguwu was charged with providing false information to Kimberley Process (KP) monitor Abbey Chikane during...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 06, 2010
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Avi Krawitz
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Market Comments 6/3/2010
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All eyes on Vegas show with high hopes and modest expectations. Trading centers stable. Better quality 3 ct. certs very hot. 2 ct. strong. 1 ct. stable. ALROSA sells $335m of rough in May. Harry Winston 1Q sales +4% to $114m, net loss of $8.7m, from $45m loss last...
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Mining
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Jun 03, 2010
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Rapaport
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NGO Asks KP to Suspend Marange Monitoring
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The Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition has called on the Kimberley Process (KP) to suspend its monitoring arrangement of the Marange mine in Zimbabwe following a police raid on the offices of the Centre for Research and Development (CRD). “The Civil Society Coalition will not accept the...
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Rough Markets
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Jun 02, 2010
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Avi Krawitz
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