Members of the World Diamond Council (World Diamond Council, WDC) from around the world gathered in New York last Thursday at the 12th annual general meeting of the organization.
The event, which was organized jewelry US Council (United States Jewelry Council, USJC) when a large-scale support for Signet Jewelers, ABN Amro Bank, De Beers Group, Brinks, UL and the JCK, over 100 representatives of the diamond industry, governments, civil society and the media information come together to explore new ideas for industry self-regulation procedures, as well as proposals concerning the activities of the Kimberley process control (PC) in 2017.
Representing all segments of the supply chain diamond participants of the meeting focused on the proposed new strategic plan that will guide the work of the organization until 2020, while it will continue to serve as a mouthpiece for the industry as a CP. "Before the WDC has been tasked to maintain stability in the diamond world, based on the successful eradication of 99% of the world of conflict diamonds, - said Andrey Polyakov, WDC President and Vice-President of ALROSA. - This success is realized through active participation, transparency and constant dialogue. "
The main speaker at the meeting was made by Maurice Tempelsman (Maurice Tempelsman), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lazare Kaplan International Inc., appreciated the progress that continues to make the diamond industry, and the industry's ability to work with various groups. "It is very important to maintain a sense of direction and the ability to do so at the WDC is unique, the performance range of its tasks requires a strategic dialogue with governments and non-governmental organizations", - said Tempelsman.
Also made by the representatives of the governments, spoke warmly of the WDC and offered his analysis of the international efforts to strengthen the KP. Presenting the view of the UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said that the «WDC is a staunch defender of the interests of the diamond industry in the Kimberley Process and the perfect example of an organization uniting its members in order to achieve the objectives on the basis of a compromise between the continuing global instability" .
Andrew Keller (Andrew Keller), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Financial and sanctions to counter the threats to the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the US State Department, I have supported this issue and developed the idea of WDC's success over the past 15 years. "I would like to pay tribute to the support of the WDC manual control system, - said Keller. - It is necessary to continue to address the issues facing us, to ensure the integrity of the diamond supply chain in the world, from the mine to the market. "
WDC members also listened to the speech Roberta Ouen-Jones (Robert Owen-Jones), Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia, who will become the next chairman of the KP in 2017. In his speech, Owen-Jones praised the relationship between the WDC and the KP, noting that "such rarely seen in other intergovernmental processes. This is not just an open forum, but a genuine long-term partnership. "
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A new study conducted by Johns Hopkins University staff can prove that diamond formation is a more widespread process in nature than previously thought, IDEX Online reported. But while the report, which was published in the online edition of Nature Communications, says that the results of the study are "a new quantitative theory of diamond education," this discovery is unlikely to radically change the situation in the extractive sector.
Using the chemical model, the authors of the study - geochemist Dimitri A. Sverjensky and Ph.D. Phang Huang - found that microdiamonds can be formed as a result of a natural chemical reaction that is simpler than the two main processes that result, As it was believed until now, diamonds are formed.
To this day it is believed that diamonds are formed when the liquid moves as a result of oxidation of methane or chemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Oxidation leads to an increase in the degree of oxidation, or the formation of additional electrons. Reduction means a reduction in the degree of oxidation, and both of these processes are collectively known as the oxidation-reduction process.
"It has always been difficult to explain why the oxidation-reduction reactions occur," Sverzhensky points out. Reactions require that different types of liquids moving through the rock meet mediums with different degrees of oxidation on their way. "
A new study shows that water can generate diamonds, as its pH is reduced naturally, i.e. As it oxidizes, When it flows from one species of rock to another type of rock. However, the model has yet to be tested in real conditions.
And yet Sverzhensky is sure that diamonds are more widespread than previously thought. "The more people look, the more diamonds they find in different types of rocks. I think that everyone will agree that now more and more environments favorable for the formation of diamonds are opening. "
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