Introducción: Chico Clutterbuck, who was recently featured in the GIA Winter Loop Magazine, has been sourcing gemstones in Africa and around the world for decades. His relationships with small scale miners, based on trust, is highly unusual and stands in contrast to the generally toxic relationship between the small scale miners and their typical buyer.

An article posted on DTB Online, written by Chaim Even-Zohar reports that Ian Smillie is quitting Partnership Africa Canada and departing from Kimberley’s governing body. No one is more respected in ethical diamond sourcing issues than Ian Smillie. His departure is a major blow to the legitimacy of the Kimberley Process Certification.

Introducción: PT Kapitmas (www.kapitmas.com) was the first company outside of the US to be a Harmony Metal Hoover and Strong distributor. I have worked with this company for ten years and visited their plant on numerous occasions. Aquí, the Director of the Company, Ben Morice, originally from New Zealand, describes his operations. ~ Marc Choyt,