Sixth International Diamond Week in Israel (International Diamond Week in Israel, IDWI ) opened on February 13 at a packed sales room of the Israel Diamond Exchange (Israel Diamond Exchange, IDE). The event brings together about 400 buyers from 30 countries and more than 200 diamond companies from Israel and abroad. This tells the IDE in a press statement.
The opening ceremony included performances of Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (Yariv Levin), President of ALROSA Andrey Zharkov, President of IDE Yoram u'Dvash (Yoram Dvash), chairman of the group of companies "IDI» (Israel Diamond Institute, IDI) Shmuel Schnitzer (Shmuel Schnitzer) , President of the diamond dealers Club of New York (diamond dealers Club of New York, DDC) Reuven Kaufman (Reuven Kaufman) and others.
IDE Yoram u'Dvash President speaks at the opening ceremony of IDE President Yoram u'Dvash said: "I am pleased to see here a significant presence of my friends and colleagues from Israel and from abroad We're here then, to do what we love - to buy and sell diamonds.. And this is what we hope, will be the main purpose of this week. " ALROSA President Andrew Zharkov surprised the audience by starting his speech in Hebrew. He said that the Russian company will hold an auction of large, high quality diamonds and diamonds within IDWI. These stones are specifically focused on the Israeli market. Later in the day, Zharkov held talks with leading Israeli diamond companies. Expressing commitment ALROSA strengthen ties with the Israeli diamond industry, he recalled the importance of the Memorandum of Understanding between Alrosa and IDE 2015 in order to exchange information and cooperate on issues of mutual interest. Zharkov added that Israel is one of the three major markets for ALROSA and a major buyer of high-quality large diamonds
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The International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (IIDGR), owned by De Beers, will launch a "new and inexpensive system for testing large quantities of diamonds" in Surat, India, on October 26, 2015, and in Antwerp, Belgium, November 12, 2015.
Recently, IIDGR presented the latest technology of its own design, which allows you to check lots of diamond size "mele" for the presence of synthetic stones. The IIDGR was assured that diamonds will be returned to customers in sealed and protected packages of the institute, each of which will have all the information on the content.
"The new service will play an important role in maintaining Indian diamond trade and consumer confidence, "Said Jonathan Kendall, president of IIDGR. - Vendors will be able to provide customers with pre-inspected diamonds in sealed IIDGR packages, which will eliminate any doubts about the natural origin of diamonds in these batches.
As more and more representatives of the diamond business seek higher guarantees for the shoemaker parts that they purchase, our service will be in demand by the industry. " De Beers was informed that in India the service will be based on a strategic partnership between IIDGR and the Institute of Gemmology of India (Gemmological Institute of India, GII), aimed at improving the confidence of buyers within the country.To the
end of 2015, service for customers from India and Belgium will be provided with an initial discount.
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