Petroleum / Mining in Belgium
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BELGIUM, 2014/12/18
Three Ivorian diamond experts will be trained by the Anvers World Diamond Center (AWDC) for the surveillance of diamond exports from Côte d'Ivoire in a bid to enable the country to export the precious metal legally on the international market, official sources said on Tuesday.
Mrs Margeaux Donker, AWDC spokesperson, told the press that since 2003, the UN had placed Côte d'Ivoire on the black inventory of nations banned from exporting diamonds, because at that time, Ivorian rebel groups exported the precious stones to purchase armament, an illegal trade system called 'blood diamond'.
