Belgium: tighter control over the diamond sector
The conditions for registering diamond intermediaries are tightened, while synthetic diamonds are now subject to a specific procedure.
Sale of certificate lab HRD Antwerp once again frozen for at least three months
The acquisition of the HRD Antwerp certificate lab has again been postponed. Parent company Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has extended the
Thriller set in the Antwerp diamond world
Peter Franck’s thriller ‘For urgent reasons’ (‘Om dringende reden’ in Dutch) is based upon two worlds, that of the diamond trade and
HRD Antwerp sale is becoming increasingly suspenseful
Image copyright: Sarine HRD Antwerp sale: IGI drops out, Israeli diamond company goes into race.
HRD Antwerp – Who will get hold of this ‘crown jewel’ ?
Image: HRD Antwerp High tension in the Antwerp diamond world: the renowned certificate lab and research centre HRD Antwerp is being sold.
Diamonds from Antwerp
Diamonds from Antwerp! Doesn’t that sound like glitter, luxury, glamour? If you turn into the Hoveniersstraat, right next to Antwerp’s cathedral-like Art
Top pink diamond remains a riddle
The story of the ‘disappeared’ top pink diamond of arms dealer Serge Muller again takes a bizarre turn. The federal police seized
Tshisekedi visits Antwerp
Félix Tshisekedi visited Antwerp on Wednesday. The diamond district was the first stop of the Congolese president in the morning, where a
Kempen (Belgium) and it’s historical diamond industry
Open-air spectacle ‘Diamant! ‘t Steentje van de Kempen’ takes you to a polisher family from Nijlen in the 1950s.
HRD Makes Key Changes to Lab-Grown Reports
Image: HRD Antwerp HRD Antwerp has changed the language it uses in its lab-grown-diamond certificates to match its reports for natural stones.