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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.
The Antwerp diamond district's leading firms and various foreign firms exhibit high quality natural diamonds of a variety of cuts and sizes, from white diamonds to natural fancy colour diamonds. Buyers from jewellery manufacturers and retailers visit the show to source stones and to re-stock.
Bleacher Report (often abbreviated as B/R) is a website that focuses on sport and sports culture. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London. [1] [2] [3] Bleacher Report was acquired by Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System in August 2012 for $175 million [4].
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 ...
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 ...
It later gained a share of the market for moderately big diamonds, previously dominated by Tel Aviv, then started to encroach on cutting big diamonds, Antwerp's forte.) In 2005, Diamond Bank (Switzerland) opened a representative office in Dubai. [2] In 2008, ADB established a subsidiary in Singapore, Antwerp Diamond Bank Asia Pacific. This was ...
After the war, Beck returned to Antwerp and benevolently dedicated much of his time and attention to the rebuilding of Antwerp's diamond trade and the industry. [3] In 1957 he became Vice-president of the Board of the Antwerpsche Diamantkring, and in 1961 he was elected President of the Board.