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First Element has the pleasure to invite you to an exclusive tender of Jagersfontein and Rooipoort goods, at the Antwerp Diamond Tender Facility on the AWDC premises, located at Hoveniersstraat 22, Antwerp.
AWDC has the pleasure to invite you to participate in three unique networking events organized in the framework of the Princely Mission to Malaysia and Singapore from 22 until 29 November 2014.
In the run-up to the federal elections, the VBO, UNIZO, UCM, Boerenbond, VOKA, UWE en BECI are working together in the framework of the campaign ‘Samen iets ondernemen’ (Promoting Entrepreneurship). By means of this campaign, these organizations aim to highlight the contribution of companies to the prosperity of our country.
Today the AWDC had the honor to welcome the Kimberley Process Chair, His Excellency Wei Chuanzhong, Vice-Chair Bernardo Campos and the Mr. Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council for the purpose of renewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Kimberley Process Administrative Support Mechanism (ASM).
On Wednesday, 21 May, a High-level Seminar on Good Practices in the Diamond Sector took place in Washington, at the Belgian Embassy. The seminar focused on the lessons learned from the Kimberley Process (KP) and the way forward. AWDC endorsed the Process as the best preventative system for conflict diamonds and advocated for its evolution according to its founding principles. In 2013, 28 000 KP certificates were issued in Antwerp, which constituted half of the world's certificates.
Next week, Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the official representative of the Antwerp diamond industry, is organizing two exclusive networking events in Miami and Los Angeles, featuring ten prominent Antwerp diamond companies, followed by an Antwerp Diamond Pavilion at the JCK fair in Las Vegas. A perfect opportunity for the world’s largest consumer market of diamond jewelry and the world capital of diamond trade to meet!
With the Passover and Easter holidays falling in April this year, the Antwerp diamond sector experienced a somewhat quieter month. Nevertheless, strong trade results marked the first four months of the year, which is especially evident when comparing the numbers these months with the first four months in 2013.
With the Passover and Easter holidays falling in April this year, the Antwerp diamond sector experienced a somewhat quieter month. Nevertheless, strong trade results marked the first four months of the year, which is especially evident when comparing the numbers these months with the first four months in 2013.
