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Diamonds may not be forever: Belgium's grip on gems shaken by Russian sanctions drive
03 May 2024 23:29 GMT
… -called the Kimberley Process.
Launched in 2003 to avoid conflict diamonds entering the … .
"The Kimberley Process only maps the flow of rough diamonds, and not … ones turning diamond mining into violence and conflict, but the Kimberley Process took …
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Botswana’s diamond industry gets boost amid global uncertainty
30 Apr 2024 20:34 GMT
… of the Kimberley Process, a trade regime that certifies rough diamond exports to … Botswana.
The Kimberley Process is a global initiative by the diamond industry to … are all members of the Kimberley Process.
World Diamond Council President Feriel Zerouki …
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Diamonds can be grown in a lab in less than 3 hours
26 Apr 2024 23:01 GMT
… friendly alternative to natural diamonds.
Diamonds at a fraction of … Zimnisky, a leading diamond industry analyst.
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Diamonds, often celebrated … like the Kimberley Process, which aims to prevent “conflict diamonds” from entering …
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Diamond council urges industry to transition to revised System Of Warranties urgently
24 Apr 2024 09:22 GMT
… especially . . . rough diamond traders, to transition to the … in alignment with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, by … best business principles.
Diamond trading companies are required … abiding to the SoW, diamond companies demonstrate leadership, …
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Kimberley process: A rare common ground between Russia and the West
05 Apr 2024 15:55 GMT
It was true in 2003 and “remains true now,” he said, that profits from the diamond trade can fuel conflicts, finance rebel movements aimed at undermining or overthrowing governments, and lead to the proliferation of illegal weapons.
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‘Zim helped push Kimberley Process forward’
03 Apr 2024 22:57 GMT
… its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme last year … confidence in natural diamonds through the Kimberley Process tripartite arrangement.
Ambassador … confidence in natural diamonds through the Kimberley Process tripartite arrangement”.
He …
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Exceptional blue Cullinan diamond lifts latest Petra tender prices by 22%
16 Apr 2024 11:40 GMT
… sale by Southern African diamond mining company Petra Diamonds of an exceptional … .76 ct exception clarity diamond, recovered from Cullinan diamond mine in Gauteng … that are members of the Kimberley Process.
The company aims to generate …
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Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chair Of The Kimberley Process, Concludes Fact-finding Mission To West Africa
27 Mar 2024 09:31 GMT
… the local implementation of Kimberley Process procedures and gain insights … are exemplary members of the Kimberley Process, actively participating across several … Kimberley Process in 2016, an international group tasked with regulating the global diamond …
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Botswana leads calls on G7 countries to review diamond tracking initiative
05 Apr 2024 12:10 GMT
… undermining the Kimberley Process, an existing commitment to remove conflict diamonds from the … Jaff Bamenjo, coordinator of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition, which acts … issue to us, as the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition, is how …
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UN assembly adopts resolution backing ongoing efforts to eliminate 'blood diamonds' trade
04 Apr 2024 12:03 GMT
… consensus recognizing that the Kimberley Process, which certifies rough diamond exports, “contributes to … trade in conflict diamonds.
82 governments have enshrined the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme …