The World Diamond Council (World Diamond Council, WDC) announced yesterday that its Board of Directors elected Mr. Stefan Fischler (Stéphane Fischler) as vice-president of WDC. As a founding member of the WDC, Mr. Fischler takes an active part in its work since inception.
WDC is a group of members representing the entire supply chain of the international diamond industry, from mining to retail. This organization represents the diamond industry in the development and implementation of systems, developed by the UN and the Kimberley Process (KP) to eliminate and prevent the entry of conflict diamonds into the legitimate trade in these precious stones.
"I am honored to work with the president Polyakov, WDC Board of Directors and our members, - said Mr Fischler. - The role of the WDC in the representation of industry at the forum of the Kimberley Process is critical to the success and integrity of the KP. And I really want to contribute to this important work. "
As a partner at Fischler Diamonds, Mr. Fischler is currently working as the president of the Antwerp World Diamond Center (Antwerp World Diamond Centre, AWDC) , Vice-President of the International Diamond Council (International Diamond Council, IDC) and development initiatives for the diamond industry ( diamond Development Initiative, DDI), as well as treasurer of the International diamond manufacturers Association (International diamond manufacturers Association, IDMA) . Mr Fischler - Member of the Responsible Jewelry Practices Board (Responsible Jewellery Council, RJC).
"The extensive experience and expertise Stefana Fishlera not only in industry, but especially in the KP are invaluable to the WDC, - said Andrey Polyakov, president of WDC. - Now that we have an excellent team to continue to focus our attention on the interaction with the Kimberley Process and to the strengthening of its role for the benefit of all stakeholders. "
Mr. Ronnie Vanderlinden (Ronnie Vanderlinden) was re-elected treasurer of the WDC for a second term, and Mr. Udi Sheyntal (Udi Sheintal) will continue its work as the Corporate Secretary of the organization. According to the statute WDC, Mr. Fischler will replace Mr. Polyakov as president of WDC at the end of his two-year term in office in 2018.
The main purpose of which was founded in 2000 WDC is the representation of the diamond industry in the development and implementation of regulatory and voluntary control systems in the field of diamond trade at imposing an embargo by the United Nations or its implementation in the framework of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). KPCS imposes extensive requirements on its members - the countries producing and trading rough diamonds to them - in order to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the supply chain. Conflict diamonds - diamonds is used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments.
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Namibian Debmarine going to put into operation a new ship for exploration and sampling with diamond deposits under the name of "mv SS Nujoma".
Debmarine - a joint venture between De Beers and the Namibian government.
The vessel is expected to be commissioned in the coastal waters of Namibia in the first half of 2017.
New Era reports that the construction of the 113-meter vessel, named after the founding president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, was launched in April 2015.
The vessel is considered to be "the first of its kind" in Namibia. It will improve the efficiency of marine operations on the fence samples and exploration of new oil fields in the country, and is expected to raise the level of diamond production.
In 2014 Debmarine produced 1.2 million carats of diamonds, and has become a major producer of diamonds in Namibia.
In the same 2014 Namdeb operations on the ground extraction brought only 600 thousand. Carats.
Debmarine invested 25% in the cost of the new project, and the rest on credit conditions have Standard Bank Namibia and RMB Namibia, a division of First National Bank of Namibia.
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