Namakwa Diamonds Limited has signed a co-operation agreement with B.L.I.D International, the operating company of the Andre Messika Group, a leading diamantiare based in Paris and Tel Aviv.
Andre Messika is a preferred wholesale diamond supplier to internationally recognised jewellery houses, as well as being a wholesale jewellery manufacturer and retailer with numerous outlets in Europe [...]
Africa
Namakwa Diamonds Sign Cooperation Agreement with Andre Messika
Americas
Developers of New York Diamond District International Gem Tower to Revisit Israel
A delegation of senior officials from Extell Development Company, the developer that is building the iconic International Gem Tower Company in New York’s Diamond District, will be visiting Israel from February 14-17, 2010.
Since Extell’s first visit to the Israel Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan this past October, a number of Israel-based companies have signed contracts [...]
Company News
New Toolbar Offered for Online Diamond Search
DiamondWorld.Net, a B2B diamond-trading marketplace has introduced a toolbar that enables retailers or buyers to easily search for diamonds online. The toolbar is the first of its kind for diamond buyers across the world.
Through the toolbar, buyers and retailers can make a quick diamond search of certified and non-certified from more than 200,000 listings from [...]
Europe
Vicenzaoro First 2010 Closes With Signs of Confidence for the Future
The first international gold and jewellery show in the annual fair calendar, Vicenzaoro First 2010, has ended.
The figures for the flow of visitors to Vicenzaoro First fully confirm its centrality and importance for the sector. The presences of accredited operators at the end of the sixth day numbered 17,969 compared with 13,154 in 2009. The [...]
Europe
HRD Antwerp Diamond Lab appoints Ferrari International to provide Lab Link service to Israel
HRD Antwerp Diamond Lab has appointed Ferrari International as its official and exclusive freight forwarder and logistics provider for the HRD Antwerp Lab Link service for Israeli clients. HRD Antwerp Diamond Lab said Ferrari International will provide the full door-to-door secured services.
The Lab Link service to Israel was started in July 2007 with the [...]
Industry News
‘On the Point of a Diamond’: IDI Opens New Diamond Jewelry Exhibit at Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum
A new exhibition of diamond jewelry, designed by members of the Israel Community of Designers, opened today at the Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum. The exhibition was launched at a festive reception by the Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI), to which the museum belongs. The opening was attended by IDI Chairman Moti Ganz, Israel [...]
India
The Israeli Diamond Industry Signs Memorandum of Understanding with All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation
Diamond News: Israel, India news: The Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI) announced today that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with the All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) for the establishment of areas of cooperation between the two parties. The MOU was signed at a ceremony in Jaipur by [...]
Africa
Kimberley Process May Receive a Huge Donation from Israel…
Diamond News – Kimberley Process: According to a report in the Israeli press, a diamond worth over $70,000 that was imported into Israel without a Kimberley Process Certificate and confiscated by the Diamond Controller, will not be returned to the diamond company that attempted to import it.
Instead, reports the Calcalist, the money value of the [...]
Created Diamonds
Israeli Diamonds Are ‘Out of This World’
Two diamonds grown in laboratories in the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion university in Israel have been sent into space on Space Shuttle Atlantis, and will be hosted at International Space station for a year.
Upon their return, the diamonds will be examined to assess the effects of the space environment upon them, with a [...]
Americas
‘Substantial Opportunities’ for Greater Diamond Trade between U.S. and Turkey
The New York Diamond Dealers Club’s executive leadership in New York has met with Yunus Oguzhan Aloghu, executive vice president of the Istanbul Gold Exchange, to discuss improving diamond, jewelry and gold trade between the two countries.
In summarizing the discussion, Dealers Club president Moshe Mosbacher said, “There are substantial opportunities for greater diamond trade between [...]
Company News
Dalumi Wins Israel’s Outstanding Exporter Award
Dalumi is one of the recipients of the 2008 Outstanding Exporter Awards — a coveted honor accorded annually by Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. The prize was presented by President Shimon Peres at a special ceremony to be held at the president’s residence on December 7, 2009.
“It is our tradition to present this [...]
Africa
Namakwa Acquires DRC Mining Company Which Recently Contracted to Acquire the Assets of Gem Diamonds Limited in the DRC
Namakwa Diamonds Limited has acquired private mining operator Kasai Resource Mining Limited from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following the exercise by the company of a discretionary call option over the entire issued share capital of KRM, for US$5m payable in cash.
The company’s acquisition of KRM provides Namakwa Diamonds’ DRC operations with:
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