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Tacy's 2010 Diamond Pipeline: Year of Replenishment, Speculation and Recycling
In DIB 654, Chaim Even-Zohar presents the 2010 diamond pipeline and analyzes the factors shaping last year's growth and recovery. Read about what impacted each level of the pipeline in 2010 and how it affects what happens this year.
DIB 693: An Industry Glimpse into 2012
DIB 693 provides a glimpse into what the industry may expect in 2012. Chaim Even-Zohar analyzes issues of rough demand, supply increases, rough and polished prices as well as industry challenges that will unfold as the new year progresses.
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VIEWS
AN INDUSTRY GLIMPSE INTO 2012
While on a recent flight to Africa, I was wondering what 2012 will have in store for us in the industry. It is clear that the excitement, or maybe concern is a better word, is going to...
LLOYDS, ZALE, MYTHS, FACTS AND OFACS....
A diamond jewelry chain has the right to set its terms when deciding from whom to source its polished diamonds.
THE INDUSTRY AND ITS BANKERS
We have often pondered the assumed causal relationship between the availability of credit and the level of rough diamond prices
BEHIND THE RAID IN THE ISRAELI DIAMOND EXCHANGE COMPLEX
In a quiet, well-coordinated and meticulously planned raid, some 40 specialized Israeli police officers raided a so-called "illegal bank" located on the second floor of the Maccabi Towe...
THE EPIC BATTLE IN-THE-MAKING: LAZARE KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL VERSUS ANTWERP DIAMOND BANK AND KBC
Lazare Kaplan International (LKI), the publicly traded New York-based diamond company controlled by Maurice and Leon Tempelsman, is demanding more than US$500 million in damages from th...
THE NEXT CLIENT LIST: FROM BUYING BOXES TO 'BYE-BYE-ING' BOXES...
Any way one looks at the arithmetic, there will be several - if not many - DTC sightholders that will have to part from their allocations and will instead either have to look for consol...
REFLECTIONS ON DOWLOADING KP SYSTEM UPDATES...
Apple released its first iPad in April 2010 and sold 3 million of the devices in 80 days. During 2010, Apple sold 14.8 million iPads worldwide. I am one of the millions of consumers who...
RJC EMBARKS ON NEW ROUNDS OF INDUSTRY DIALOGUE BEFORE DECIDING ON THE UTILITY OF A DIAMOND CHAIN OF CUSTODY
Last week's editorial titled "RJC's Diamond Chain of Custody: Destroying rather than Adding Value" triggered a vast amount of reactions as well as some welcome news. In a telephone conv...
RJC'S DIAMOND CHAIN OF CUSTODY: DESTROYING VALUE RATHER THAN CREATING IT
Every day our e-mail's in-box is filled with enthusiastic announcements of yet another diamond company being certified by the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) as "meeting the ethical...
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NEWS
REPORT: ZIMBABWE TO SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE MINERS' REGISTRATION, LICENSE FEES
The Zimbabwe government is reportedly proposing to raise registration, rental and license fees for mining activities to capitalize on revenues from the mining sector and to discourage t...
ANGLO AMERICAN: DE BEERS Q4 DIAMOND PRODUCTION DOWN 24%
De Beers' diamond production fell 24 percent year over year to 6.5 million carats during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011, according to Anglo American's unaudited production r...
DTC HONORS OPPENHEIMERS DURING ANNUAL SIGHTHOLDER COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN LONDON
The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) celebrated the start of the 2012 sales year Wednesday evening at its annual chairman's cocktail reception in London. De Beers Group Chairman Nicky Op...
REPORT: BENY STEINMETZ GROUP PLANNING HONG KONG IPO FOR KOIDU DIAMOND MINE
The Geneva-based natural resources company Beny Steinmetz Group (BSG) is planning an initial public offering (IPO) of its Koidu diamond mine in Sierra Leone on the Hong Kong stock excha...
SIERRA LEONE AIMS TO ENHANCE MINING TRANSPARENCY VIA PAYMENT WEBSITE
Sierra Leone wants to improve transparency in its burgeoning mining industry by publishing revenue online, reports Bloomberg, citing the country's Mines and Mineral Resources Minister, ...
SOUTH KOREA DIPLOMAT SUSPENDED OVER CAMEROON DIAMOND DEAL
South Korea's foreign ministry has temporarily suspended Kim Eun-Seok, a senior official in charge of energy and resources development, since he was being questioned by audit authoritie...
INDIA'S SMALLER DIAMOND MANUFACTURERS CRITICIZE SRDSIL FOR AUCTION SLIGHT
A recent online auction of rough diamonds held by the Surat Rough Diamond Sourcing India Limited (SRDSIL), a consortium formed in August 2010 by more than 1,500 diamantaires to directly...
LEO SCHACHTER DIAMONDS LEADS LIST OF ISRAEL'S TOP POLISHED DIAMOND EXPORTERS IN 2011
Leo Schachter Diamonds Ltd., which exported US$403 million worth of polished diamonds from January to December 2011, was ranked as Israel's largest polished diamond exporter in 2011, ac...
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DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS
DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 693
Inside this Issue: An Industry Glimpse into 2012... New GJEPC Body to Boost Skills of Local Gem, Jewelry Workers...India's Smaler Diamond Manufacturers Criticize SRDSIL for Auction Slig...
DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 692
Inside this Issue: Lloyds, Zale, Myths, Facts and OFACs...India Imposes 2% Duty on Polished Diamond Imports...Angola's Endiama to Expand Mining Prospects...ZMDC Takes over Sino-Zim Oper...
DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 691
Inside this Issue: The Industry and its Bankers...Indian Diamond Detainees Return Home from China...Botswana November Diamond Exports Fall 47% in Value...DAC Delegation Visits India's D...
DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 690
Inside this Issue: The Epic Battle In-The-Making: Lazare Kaplan International versus Antwerp Diamond Bank and KBC...
DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 689
Inside this Issue: The DTC Client List: A Mixed Bag..
DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE688
Inside this Issue: The Next Client List: From Buying Boxes to 'Bye-Bye-ing' Boxes...US Government Adds Mbada, Marange Resources to OFAC Santions List...Shrenuj Botswana to Build Integra...
DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 687
Inside this Issue: Reflections on Dowloading KP System Updates..Global Witness Leaves KPCS...WDC Expresses Regret at Global Witness's Decision to Quit KP...KPCS Civil Society Coalition ...
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TACY RESEARCH
TACY LTD.'S 2009 DIAMOND PIPELINE - YEAR OF PIPELINE DESTOCKING AND RESTRUCTURING
DIB 602 includes Tacy's annual Diamond Pipeline and explains why 2009 was an "aberration" for the industry. Chaim Even-Zohar's analysis shows how and where the economic crisis most impa...
TACY'S ESTIMATES OF 2009 GLOBAL NATURAL DIAMOND PRODUCTION
The 2009 pipeline reflects the most severe single-year contraction of the diamond pipeline since World War II as a result of the economic crisis and the resultant liquidity shortages. ...
2008 DIAMOND PIPELINE: FROM MARKET BUOYANCY TO GLOBAL CREDIT CRISIS, DEFLATION AND RECESSION
The 2008 diamond pipeline reflects the coalescence of two dramatically different periods within a single year: nine months of buoyancy marked by sharply rising rough diamond prices and ...
EMBRACE THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY'S RIPPLE EFFECT
The now inevitable economic slowdown will impact the entire diamond pipeline, but each will be impacted in a different way - with the diamond cutting centers taking the more severe beat...
SIERRA LEONE DIAMOND SECTOR FINANCIAL POLICY CONSTRAINTS
Study conducted for US and British governments looks at the plight of alluvial miners and diggers in Sierra Leone. This plight mirrors problems often seen in the Democratic Republic of...
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RESOURCE LIBRARY
KPCS PLENARY AGREEMENT ALLOWING IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF ROUGH EXPORTS FROM ZIMBABWE'S MARANGE MINES
The Kimberley Process (KP) Plenary Meeting, which took place in Kinshasa, DRC, in Novmeber 2011, fully endorsed the unrestricted resumption of rough diamond exports from the two KP-comp...
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NYC DIAMOND AND JEWELRY DISTRICT
New York City's diamond and jewelry industries generated more than $24 billion for the economy in 2009 and provided US$4.2 billion worth of added value to New York City through wages, p...
DDMI RELEASES ITS 2011 MID-YEAR SOCIO-ECONOMIC REPORT
Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.(DDMI), operator of the Diavik diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories, has released its 2011 mid-year socio-economic monitoring agreement report, which ...
DE BEERS' DTC ACHIEVES RECORD H1 SALES OF $3.5 BILLION
Price growth of an estimated 35 percent contributed to De Beers' Diamond Trading Company (DTC) achieving a 33 percent increase in its rough diamond sales during the first six months of ...
KPCS Draft Administrative Decision FINAL 15 02 2011
KP Chair March 19, 2011 Decision Authorizing Marange Exports (English)
KP Chair March 19, 2011 Decision Authorizing Marange Exports (French)
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme - Final Report of Follow-Up Review Mission to Zimbabwe
The Kimberley Process has published its Final Report of the Follow-Up Review Mission to Zimbabwe, which took place on August 9-14, 2010:
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LEGAL
LKI VERSUS ANTWERP DIAMOND BANK AND KBC - FULL TEXT OF COMPLAINT
Available for download is the full text of the Lazare Kaplan International complaint against the Antwerp Diamond Bank and KBC.
U.S. APPEALS COURT TO RE-HEAR DE BEERS US$295 MILLION SETTLEMENT CASE
A U.S. appeals court has ordered a re-hearing of the De Beers antitrust settlement case following the filing of an amicus brief by the Diamond Manufacturers & Importers Association of A...
FATF'S INTERPRETIVE NOTE TO SPECIAL RECOMMENDATION IX
To greater understand the objectives and definition of Special Recommendation IX, which the Israeli Tax Authority and the Israeli Diamond Controller of the Ministry of Industry, Trade a...
FATF IX SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Recognising the vital importance of taking action to combat the financing of terrorism, the FATF has agreed these Special IX Recommendations, which, when combined with the FATF Forty Re...
COURT DOCUMENTS: LKI SUES INSURERS FOR $140 MILLION
Lazare Kaplan International (LKI) has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against a number of insurance companies claiming $140 million in diamond losses. LKI and fello...
ROSY BLUE VERSUS EDDIE LANE
This is a court document from the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio, Western Division at Cincinnati, Ohio. The Plaintiff is Rosy Blue, NV and the Defendants are Edm...
FINCEN PUBLISHES 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which safeguards the domestic financial system from illicit activity such as money laundering and te...
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FINANCE
BANK OF BOTSWANA TO LEAVE BANK RATE UNCHANGED AT 10%
The Bank of Botswana Monetary Policy Committee has decided to leave the bank rate unchanged at 10 percent for the fourth consecutive time. To read the decision in full, click on the ico...
ALROSA INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
The attached Information Memorandum, dated December 2007, contains information provided by ALROSA Finance S.A. and ALROSA Company Limited in connection with a euro-commercial paper pro...
DIAMANTAIRES THOUGHT TO BE AMONG UBS CLIENTS SUSPECTED OF TAX EVASION
Switzerland's UBS bank has entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States Department of Justice and a Consent Order with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SE...
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PICTURES
INDIAN DIAMOND INDUSTRY HONORS CHAIM EVEN-ZOHAR FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND INDUSTRY
Industry analyst Chaim Even-Zohar being awarded by the Indian industry for his lifetime contributions to the international diamond industry. From Left to Right: Former chairman of the ...
HARRY OPPENHEIMER AND SIR SERETSE KHAMA AT A MEETING IN GABORONE
This photo shows Harry Oppenheimer and Sir Seretse Khama at a meeting in Gaborone in 1968 to discuss the diamond mining project at Orapa
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