Publicado por primera vez en Gems & Gemas suplemento del El joyero enero 2014 En el mundo altamente político de los diamantes, todos deseamos que el rigor y el vigor que le damos a la claridad y el valor de las piedras que vendemos se aplicarían a la credibilidad de cómo estas piedras llegan al mercado. En

As jewellers we don’t want to be caught wearing fur coats with knickers. Regarding current trends in the gold industry, there is a general move towards traceability in the supply chain. This has been precipitated by the Dodd Frank bill passed in the USA requiring certain raw materials including gold, to be fully declared conflict

By Aurelie Sinclair Blood diamonds – also called conflict diamonds – were once kept almost completely out of the US diamond market by the Kimberley Process. Sin embargo, with the Process’ recent failings, more and more are finding their way into the mainstream supply of gemstones. The Kimberley Process is voluntary and self-regulating. It monitors the