Global Diamond Exchange, Inc. (GBDX)

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'mypointz' I guess # 2 is good ? got a link on that ? I expect Antwerp is way down the list at "70% of all diamonds in the world" LOL you belive that ?? hummm Link : ( ya I like links )
http://www.diamondland.be/contentview.aspx
and then for you shoppers well :
LINK :
http://www.diamond-key.com/bourses/
Diamond Centers Worldwide

Israel In Israel, approximately 1,200 diamond companies are located in Ramat Gan in the Israel Diamond Exchange complex. The 4 buildings - Shimshon, Maccabi, Noam and the Diamond Tower - are located on 2 parallel streets, Jabotinsky and Bezalel, and are connected to one another through a series of internal pedestrian bridges.

Ramat Gan is approximately a 1/2 hour drive (depending on traffic) from the Ben Gurion International Airport, and 10 minutes from Tel Aviv and the beaches on the Mediterranean Sea.

Belgium In Belgium, approximately 1,500 diamond offices are located in Antwerp in 3 well protected, inter-connected streets, Hoveniersstraat, Schupstraat, and Rijfstraat.

Some of the buildings on Hoveniersstraat also have entrances from Pelikaanstraat.

Antwerp's annual turnover in rough, polished, and industrial diamonds is more than $20 billion dollars.

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In India, the offices are located, in Mumbai (Bombay). The Prasad Chambers, Panchratna Building, Hermes House, and Dharam Palace are located in the general area of the Royal Opera House near the Roxy Cinema within a radius of less than half a mile. Others are located around the city and are easy to find with a driver. The major manufacturing center is in Surat in the state of Gujurat.

London, the center for the distribution of rough diamonds for more than 300 years, is the home of the CSO (Central Selling Organization) and the brokers who represent De Beers. Sightholders, both manufacturers and dealers in rough, meet in London, once every 5 weeks, 10 times a year, to inspect their diamond allocations.

Both Hong Kong and Taiwan, important diamond trading centers on their own, are significant thresholds to the Far East markets including Korea and China.

In New York, most of the offices are located in what is known as the Diamond District - between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas - from 46th to 48th Streets. New York is considered the "gateway" to the U.S. market and is also a manufacturing center for large sizes.
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