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2 days ago · The Antwerp diamond trade is in the doldrums. A collapse is even mooted according to daily Gazet van Antwerpen. Antwerp's imports of rough diamonds have fallen 38 per cent this year. ‘These are dramatic figures,’ says diamond expert Koen Vandenbempt (Antwerp University). ‘These are choppy times for the diamond sector worldwide.’
2 days ago · The diamond trade in Antwerp is at a historic low, with reports suggesting it is even on the verge of collapse, according to Gazet van Antwerpen. Imports of rough diamonds to Antwerp have plummeted by 38% in just one year.
1 day ago · A little-known startup is acquiring enormous diamonds—and shaking up a $100 billion industry. An engineer at HB Antwerp studies a large diamond. (Credit: Vivienne Walt for Fortune) For more than a century, Antwerp has been a crucial hub for a $100 billion global industry—one that virtually defines love and commitment, and one that has ...
1 day ago · The Belgian city is the world’s biggest trading post for rough diamonds: About 40% of the world’s annual supply of the gems pass through Antwerp’s Diamantkwartier on their circuitous journey ...
1 day ago · An engineer at HB Antwerp’s offices examines an unusually large diamond, to plan how it might be cut for multiple jewelry pieces. Vivienne Walt for Fortune For more than a century, Antwerp has ...
2 days ago · Antwerp's imports of rough diamonds have fallen by 38 per cent in one year, and this decline is structural, the paper writes. In 10 years, imports of rough diamonds have fallen by 70 per cent. Trade in polished diamonds has also hit rock bottom. Today, Antwerp's diamond sector comprises some 1,600 companies and provides around 6,000 jobs.
2 days ago · Belgium accounts for around 40% of all cocaine detected in Europe. But the gangs won't give up without a fight, and port workers have been targeted as criminal networks in Belgium turn to increasingly violent measures to regain intercepted cargoes.
