Antwerp: The World's Diamond Capital
For over 5 centuries, Antwerp is the heart of the global diamond trade and the diamond capital of the world until today. The diamond trade in the port started nearly 500 years ago when the first rough stones were brought over from India. Gradually, local diamond traders rose to prominence with their attention to detail and exuberant selection until even the King of France, François I, started ordering his diamonds from the master cutters in Antwerp rather than in Paris.
Today, around eighty percent of all rough diamonds pass through Antwerp on their way towards becoming earrings or other pieces of jewellery. Daily, 220 million dollar worth of diamonds are traded, adding up to an amazing 48 billion dollars annually. On a surface of less than 1 square mile, more than 1700 diamond traders are active. No other city in the world houses four diamond exchanges, controls 84% of the world’s trade in rough diamonds en 50% of the trade in cut diamonds. Every diamond in the world passes at least once in Antwerp!
Established in 1973, the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is one of the world’s most renowned private companies that officially represents and coordinates the Antwerp diamond sector. Located in heart of Antwerp in the Hoveniersstraat, it directs the import and export of diamonds in and out of Antwerp. Antwerp is home to all major diamond mining companies, which sources diamonds for thousands of diamond dealers across the globe.
Since the approval of the Kimberley Process, Antwerp fulfils the role as the global moral leader in transparency and compliance. In collaboration with competent government agencies, all diamond import and export is physically controlled by the Diamond Office, which serves as an example to many other diamond centres in the world.
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Antwerp Is The Diamond Capital Of The World
Hoveniersstraat may look drab compared to other streets in the Belgian city of Antwerp, but don't be fooled. It's one of the most fascinating areas of the city and the world. Hoveniersstraat is the center of the diamond industry. The street is protected by a police station, dozens of CCTV cameras and several armed soldiers. Around 84% of all rough diamonds and 50% of all cut diamonds are traded here. CNN reports that Antwerp has been a major diamond center since medieval times.
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A diamond's journey from rough cut to dazzling jewel
The Telegraph is granted unique access into the heart of the world's diamond trade in Antwerp to see how diamonds are turned into the glittering jewels that we love and to find out what to look out for when buying the stones.
Eighty-five per cent of the world's diamonds change hands in Antwerp's Hoveniersstraat.
In 1,500 diamond offices, eight thousand people, representing 160 nationalities, handle diamonds worth £85 million every day.
Inside their safes are uncut, cut and polished gems worth hundreds of millions more. Indirectly away from the scene, 25,000 insurers, bankers, security guards and drivers take part in a business that is worth five per cent of Belgium's exports.
The Telegraph was last week granted unique and rare access to the trading rooms that lie behind the unprepossessing 1980s facades of four buildings on Antwerp's Hoveniersstraat.
Vashi Dominguez, a Spanish-Indian entrepreneur and owner of Diamond Manufacturers Ltd, explains how the rough diamonds are turned into the glittering stones that adorn engagement rings, and what to look for when buying a diamond.
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Antwerp Diamond Heist
The Antwerp Diamond Heist, dubbed the heist of the century, was the largest diamond heist in history. The thieves stole loose diamonds, gold, and other jewellery valued at more than $100 million. The heist took place during the weekend of February 15–16, 2003, in the Antwerp Diamond Centre, located in the centre of the gem district in Antwerp, Belgium.
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