The newly-appointed U.S. chair of the international diamond watchdog has called for a review of what constitutes a “blood diamond.” According to the Kimberley Process, launched in 2003 to certify that ...

The Indian diamond industry has heaved a sigh of relief after the plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP) held recently at Washington DC in the US ended without any consensus on the new ...

The official definition of conflict diamond, as outlined by the Kimberley Process (KP), isn’t likely to change at the next week’s industry plenary in Washington D.C., the head of the certification ...

Vic Falls - Outgoing United States Kimberly Process (KP) chair Gillian Milovanovic plans to push for amendments to the definition of conflict diamonds at the next KP plenary discussion scheduled for ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/centre-fears-broader-definition-of-conflict-diamond-may-hurt-trade-by-india-others/article26924055.ece Copy India is ...

The World Diamond Council (WDC) and the Civil Society Coalition (CSC) have called for an expanded definition of conflict diamonds at the launch of the 2018 Plenary Session of the Kimberley Process (KP ...

India's diamond exports to the United States of America is under threat after that country's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced last month that there would henceforth be no distinction between ...

Nitrogen vacancies are naturally occurring areas of diamond crystals where a carbon atom has been replaced by nitrogen, leaving a stray electron. They account for the pink colour of some diamonds, and ...

Despite majority Kimberley Process (KP) committee members, which includes India, not endorsing the change to the definition of conflict diamonds, further calls made by the chair of KP, Ambassador ...