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AWDC Launches Antwerp Diamond Jobs Portal
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The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) will launch its job program on May 23 as part of a wider strategic plan. In 2012, while AWDC developed its growth strategy, one primary issue that required attention was...
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Marketing
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May 21, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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Belgium's April Polished Exports +23%
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Belgium's April polished diamond exports grew 23 percent year on year to $1.157 billion in April, according to the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC). By volume, polished exports fell 9 percent to 533,128.25 carats as the average price of the...
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Polished Markets
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May 16, 2013
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Deena Taylor
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Rough Markets
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Apr 30, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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HRD Antwerp Appoints Couvreur as General Manager
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The board of directors of HRD Antwerp appointed Serge Couvreur as its general manager to succeed Georges Brys. Couvreur will take up his new position on March 25 with a primary focus on communicating HRD's unique competencies. Couvreur studied...
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Marketing
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Mar 22, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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Financial-Legal
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Feb 17, 2013
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RSM Astute Consulting
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Lazare Kaplan's RICO Suit Must be Tried in Belgium
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U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter dismissed Lazare Kaplan's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) suit against defendants KBC Bank and Antwerp Diamond Bank of Belgium. While all parties involved do office...
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Financial-Legal
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Sep 06, 2012
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Jeff Miller
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Lazare Kaplan Anticipates a 23% Drop in Revenue
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Lazare Kaplan International anticipates that its fiscal 2012 revenue will reflect a 23 percent year-on-year decline at $105.7 million for the 12 months that ended on May 31. The decrease in sales primarily reflected a drop in rough...
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Financial-Legal
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Aug 30, 2012
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Jeff Miller
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Belgium's Polished Exports -20% in July
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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...
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Polished Markets
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Aug 06, 2012
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Avi Krawitz
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India, Belgium Ministers Meet to Strengthen Ties
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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...
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Polished Markets
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Aug 03, 2012
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Dilipp S Nag
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Antwerp Pays Tribute to Oppenheimer
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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...
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Marketing
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Jul 26, 2012
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AWDC
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The World’s Leading Diamond Hub
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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...
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Rough Markets
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Jul 13, 2012
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Avi Krawitz
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Polished Markets
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Jul 11, 2012
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Jeff Miller
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Guinea Mine Fetches $2M at Antwerp Rough Tender
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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...
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Rough Markets
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Jul 09, 2012
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Avi Krawitz
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Lemon TechnoMist Hosts Diamond Manufacturing Event in Antwerp
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Press Release: Lemon TechnoMist Private Ltd. (LTM), jointly with HRD, Antwerp, organized a unique event ''Science of Value Creation in Diamond Manufacturing'' at AWDC/HRD, Hoveniersstraat 22, 2018 in Antwerp on June 26 and 27.During the event, LTM...
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Manufacturing
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Jun 28, 2012
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Lemon TechnoMist
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Rough Markets
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Jun 26, 2012
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Dilipp S Nag
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Kaszirer Passes Away at 90
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Ignatz (Itzu) Kaszirer passed away at the age of 90. At the peak of his career, in the 1980's, he was Antwerp's leading polished diamond dealer and helped many survivors of the Holocaust make a living in Antwerp's diamond district. Kaszirer played a leading role initiating and developing Russia's polished...
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Polished Markets
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Jun 22, 2012
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Jeff Miller
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Manufacturing
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Jun 21, 2012
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Lemon TechnoMist
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Antwerp Organizes a Polishing Course for September
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Antwerp has organized a free diamond polishing course in September to meet increased skill demand. Many of the current polishers are nearing retirement age and over the next two years there will be 55 vacancies, which...
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Technology
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Jun 13, 2012
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Jeff Miller
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Marketing
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May 16, 2012
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AWDC
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Antwerp Launches DIAMDAX Trading Platform
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DIAMDAX, a dealers exchange out of Antwerp, launched in partnership with DODAQ and the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC). The online exchange offers electronic auctions for polished diamonds using real-time spot prices. Simon...
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Technology
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May 08, 2012
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Jeff Miller
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