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Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter (Diamantkwartier), and dubbed the Square Mile, [1] is an area within the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.
It also had a commercial branch to issue certificates. In 2007, the Diamond High Council was restructured and split up in two different enterprises. One of them, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), a private foundation, is responsible for the representation of the collective interests of the Belgian diamond industry domestically and abroad.
Members of The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) act as a medium for wholesale diamond exchange, trading both polished and rough diamonds. The WFDB consists of independent diamond bourses in major centers of the diamond trade such as Tel Aviv, Antwerp, Mumbai, Johannesburg, London and New York and other cities across the United States ...
In its Global Diamond Report 2014, Bain & Co reports that demand for investment diamonds accounts for less than 5% of the total value of polished diamonds. [14] It also reports that diamond prices have benefited from 1.6x lower volatility than gold. Characteristics of investment-grade polished diamonds are highest color (D, E, F) and clarity ...
The Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair (ADTF) is an international trade fair dedicated exclusively to loose polished diamonds. The fair will have a new name, BrilliAnt®, at its next edition in 2017. The fair will have a new name, BrilliAnt®, at its next edition in 2017.
Sports competitions in Antwerp (12 C, ... Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair; D. ... This page was last edited on 24 July 2021, ...
During this time, Gabi Tolkowsky was again selected by the De Beers group in order to design and cut the Golden Jubilee Diamond. The Golden Jubilee is the largest faceted diamond in the world, weighing 545.67 carats (109.134 g), more than the Cullinan Diamond. The diamond was a 755.50-carat (151.100 g) rough stone.
The General Diamond Workers' Association of Belgium (Dutch: Algemene Diamantbewerkersbond van België, ADB; French: Syndicat des Ouvriers Diamantaires) was a trade union representing workers in the diamond trade in Belgium. The union was founded on 19 August 1895, as the Antwerp Diamond Workers' Association. It rapidly became one of the leading ...