The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), the GCC’s only diamond and coloured stones trading platform, and home to some of the world’s most renowned jewellery manufacturers, retailers and traders yesterday announced it had paved the symbolic target of 1000 members.

The Dubai Diamond Exchange (‘DDE’), a DMCC platform, is hosting its 2nd Dubai Diamond Finance Seminar (DDFS) on ‘Alternatives of Diamond Financing’5pm tomorrow at 17 May 2016 at the Almas Conference Centre, Dubai, UAE.

The Second Dubai Diamond Conference, being held April 21-22, will discuss one of the most topical issues in the global diamond business: synthetic diamonds.

Executives from De Beers Group, Alrosa and Endiama to reveal how the New Silk Route from China across Africa to Dubai has transformed the global diamond trade.

The two-day conference will bring together international leaders of the diamond industry, ranging from African ministers to traders, financiers and world-renowned jewelers.

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