«Alrosa" is exploring the possibility of creating its own production of synthetic diamonds, but the decision on this issue is not present, said RNS company spokesman Andrei Matveev.
"Learning (question -. RNS), but there is no solution. "Alrosa" while considering the market to decide how to proceed with regard to synthetic diamonds ", - he said.
According to him, the production technology of synthetic stones is very advanced. "There are stones that are almost impossible to distinguish from the natural. There is a risk in the mix with synthetic natural party ", - he said.
"Alrosa" in conjunction with "TISNCM" has developed a device to identify synthetics and intends to set up in the Far East production of devices for the detection of synthetic diamonds, he said in an interview with RNS president Andrei Zharkov.
"We do not exclude that in the foreseeable future there (in the Far East -. RNS) can be launched production of our devices Alrosa Dimond Inspector for detection of synthetic diamonds. Producers of rough diamonds and major retailers are very concerned about podmes when synthetic diamond production are presented as natural. The biggest players in the diamond industry, together with laboratories GIA (Gemological Institute of America) and the HRD (Diamond Council) already engaged in solving this problem, "- said Zharkov.
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Namibia will hold the second international diamond conference at the end of this month, the organizers of the event said.
The conference will focus on the challenges facing diamond beneficiation in the countries of South Africa, and on making it viable and sustainable.
Minister of Mining and Energy of the country Obet Kandjoze will open a two-day conference, while industrial expert Chaim Even Zohar will coordinate the discussions.
Among the participants of the conference will be the Minister of Mining of Zimbabwe, Walter Chidhakwa, head of Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) Shihaleni Ndjaba, Burhan Seber, president of the Diamond Manufacturers Association of Namibia, And the representative of the Mountain Chamber of Namibia Kombadayedu Kapwanga (Kombadayedu Kapwanga).
The government of Namibia and De Beers in equal shares own a joint diamond mining company Namdeb.
Diamonds in Namibia are mined on land and at sea.
"The Atlantic coast of Namibia contains about 80 million carats of precious stones that were brought to the sea by the Orange River, which can be mined after 2050," said Namibian diamond commissioner Kennedy Hamutenya.
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