According to the agency the Rapaport, sightholders have calculated that, in accordance with the new procedure of ITO, which will be effective on the following website in April, dedicated to their volumes will be 20 percent lower than the previous site.
At De Beers, there are about 80 major clients on international websites, which are held 10 times a year in Botswana.
"Most of all it will affect the international transfer, as part of its commitment program beneficiation our producer country share availability of our products has been increased for her, which is distributed through these channels", - quotes Rapaport words representative of De Beers David Johnson (David Johnson).
This decrease was allegedly caused by the new commitments De Beers in relation to Namibia and a similar arrangement already existing with Botswana, where the government takes 15% of the produced there diamonds for sale through the Okavango Diamond Company.
In May last year, the diamond giant signed an agreement on sales and marketing to Windhoek, which paved the way for the allocation of 15 percent of the annual production of the state-owned Namdia diamonds.
As part of this transaction, De Beers has also increased the number of products that it provides to its sightholders, located in Namibia.
Johnson said that the reduction in supply of raw materials for the sightholders will vary by customer location and on whether it is a participant in programs aimed at preserving the diamond production in Botswana, South Africa or Namibia.
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A group of Swiss scientists has organized a campaign on Kickstarter kraudfandingovom service to raise funds for a line of jewelry with them fossilizirovannoy contained in DNA.
The technology, which was developed by Robert Grass (Robert Grass), involves cleaning the DNA sample obtained from a swab of the oral cavity and converted into dust. Then, the dust is placed inside a piece of jewelry, and is sealed with a small diamond. Fossilized DNA samples are stored for thousands of years and can be recovered from the precious stone for the "use or future analysis," the scientist said.
Grass has developed a technology to fossilization and preservation of DNA for long-term storage of information. According to him, it is also a unique way to personalize jewelry. Grass wanted to make for a truly personal gift to his wife, and therefore established its own DNA into the ring, which then gave her.
Friends and colleagues of the scientist began to turn to him with a request to create such jewelry for them. After this Grass and decided that he needed to create a new line of jewelry - "Identity inside" (Identity Inside).
The new series of buyers are offered four kinds of products - the ring of sterling silver diamond weighing 0.02 carats which seals retentive DNA on the inner side of the article; Sterling silver ring with two diamond weighing 0.02 carats - one on the inside and one - on the outer side of the article; Lagenthal clock, in which the DNA is stored in a diamond crown hours; as well as the pendant of pink gold with a diamond weighing 0.02 carats.
Company project on Kickstarter site will run until December 20.
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