RAPAPORT. Attempts to discuss Russia at the annual Kimberley Process (KP) plenary failed after the organization received differing views on whether the matter was under its remit.The European Union (EU) and five national governments wrote to the KP chair ahead of the gathering asking for.
The number of active US jewelry businesses continued its downward trend in the third quarter, according to the latest data from the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT).Some 152 businesses shut during the three months ending September 30, compared with 113 in the same period a year earlier, the JBT.
RAPAPORT. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will become chair of the Kimberley Process (KP) in 2024, trade leaders in Dubai announced following the organization’s plenary meeting.
The UAE will assume the role of vice chair for 2023 and take the helm the following year, in line with KP.
The Canadian Jewellers Association (CJA) has elected a new board of directors, to be chaired by Angela Betteridge.Betteridge, president of her eponymous jewelry company in British Columbia, will serve a two-year term from 2023 to 2025, the CJA said last week. Her career spans multiple facets of.
Petra Diamonds has suspended all mining at its Williamson deposit in Tanzania pending an investigation into a burst wall at its tailings facility that resulted in a flood.The eastern wall of a storage facility where the company keeps ore that has already been processed gave way Monday morning,.