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Articles in October, 2004 issue of Israel Diamonds

• New Diamond Controller takes over the helm: 'I may be kicking in an open door, but more than ever before, the diamond and gemstone industries need to look for a partner at home--namely the local jewelry industry.'.
• Smuggled diamonds still an Angolan problem.(Facets)
• Debswana, union still dispute fired strikers.(Facets)
• Israeli president visits IDE.(Short Cuts)
• Diamonds under the ice: in arctic Canada, Rio Tinto teams have mastered the toughest of environments to unearth diamonds from the roots of ancient volcanoes. A report from a freezing frontier.
  by Ashbury, Douglas
• Afgem buys three South African diamond mines.(Facets)
• Three-way race is on for the Alrosa presidency.(Facets)
• Senior DTC officials retiring at end of year.(Short Cuts)
• Rough exports.(Summing Up)
• Aber makes $12.3 million profit in second quarter.(Facets)
• Argyle Mine not under threat, says Rio Tinto.(Facets)
• Viewpoint.
  by Arikha, Itzchak
• Israeli jewelry design: The industry's salvation? 'A singular design gives a product that extra advantage, that competitive edge, albeit for a limited amount of time. In other words, the added value is in the intellectual property content, which is worth
• Threat to revoke Russian mining license rumored.(Facets)
• Another civil lawsuit filed against De Beers.(Facets)
• Right-hand rings star at Emmys.(Short Cuts)
• Polished imports.(Summing Up)
• Diamond Fields earns $1.59 million in diamond sales.(Facets)
• De Beers reports progress in Jwaneng license talks.(Facets)
• Israeli firm endows $100,000 to GIA.(Short Cuts)
• Diamonds by JCK debuts in New York: JCK loose-diamond-only show debuts in New York. Israeli exhibitors express satisfaction, but say they would have preferred to see more buyers from out of state.
• Republic of Congo halts diamond exports.(Facets)
• Russian manufacturers now importing rough.(Facets)
• Monty Charles dies at age 84.(Short Cuts)
• Rough imports.(Summing Up)
• Russians deny Alrosa is cutting sales to De Beers.(Facets)
• Ralfe says De Beers jump started Botswana polishing industry.(Facets)
• Polished exports: exports rise, but supply of goods tighten.(Summing Up)
• DTC raises rough prices 5 percent in August.(Facets)
• M. Fabrikant & Sons and Leviev form joint venture.(Facets)
• Former New York sightholder to take De Beers to court: W.B. David sues the various members of the De Beers Group, J. Walter Thompson and all the DTC sightholders for damages caused to it as a result of the implementation of Supplier of Choice.
• South African president slams Anglo American.(Facets)
• Namdeb sales up 16 percent in first half.(Facets)
• Alrosa delegation visits Ramat Gan.(Short Cuts)
• De Beers' guilty plea paves the way back to America: De Beers pleads guilty in a U.S. federal court to fixing the price of industrial diamonds, so opening the way for its executives to visit the United States. The roots of the case stretch back to World W
• Canada's Mediagrif buys online trader Polygon.(Facets)
• Russian jewelry output seen growing 30 percent.(Facets)
• Schnitzer reviews first term as president of the WFDB.