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Avi Paz, President of the World Diamond Council, has congratulated the Government of the Republic of Angola on being elected Vice President of the Kimberley Process for 2014, at the KP Plenary session in Johannesburg on November 22. He also welcomed the decision by the KP Plenary to extend its agreement with the WDC for another three years, by which the Council will continue to manage the Kimberley Process' Administrative Support Mechanism (ASM).
HRD Antwerp was very honoured to welcome HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium, Representative of His Majesty the King, to its world leading diamond-grading lab in Mumbai, India last Tuesday. The visit of HRH Princess Astrid was part of the Belgian Economic Mission to India this week.
Attendance at the Antwerp Diamond Manufacturers and Trader Fair held last Tuesday, was at a maximum with the Antwerp Diamond Bourse trading hall filled to capacity.
As part of the “Anti Tigerkidnapping Program”, AWDC Security Office announces the next monthly ‘security awareness training session’, which will take place on Thursday November 28st, at 1 PM in the AWDC building.
Every day people visit the Antwerp diamond square mile. To make these visits even more interesting, AWDC is looking for people who are willing to tell these visitors more about their profession or companies that want to give them a tour behind the scenes.
This week, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre is hosting a delegation of representatives of the Zimbabwean government, the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), in Antwerp. The visit is the result of high-level meetings between Zimbabwean Ministers, representatives of the local diamond mining industry and a delegation of AWDC in Harare, two weeks ago.
The Beurs Voor Diamanthandel launches its "D2D DIAMOND BARTER EXCHANGE" initiative at the Antwerp Diamond Manufacturers & Traders Fair, on November 26th 2013.
