The Russian Ministry of Finance, together with ALROSA and the Gemological Institute of Moscow, organized training for specialists from Venezuela, Sierra Leone and Kyrgyzstan in precious stones sorting, evaluation and detection.
The training program was organized at the expense of the host country with the aim of improving the qualifications of specialists from the Kimberley Process (KP) member countries, as well as expanding international cooperation and developing expert potential.
“This is not just a step in training expert gemmologists, but also an important contribution to the transformation of the global diamond industry and the dissemination of unique developments in Russian diamond evaluation and sorting practices among KP participants,” said Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev.
"Deep knowledge in the field of assessing the quality and origin of rough diamonds will help specialists eliminate key imbalances in the execution of import-export transactions, to increase the transparency of transactions, minimize the risks of undervaluation and loss of export revenue by diamond producers, and, as a result, strengthen trust between participants in the supply chain."
According to him, in the long term, this will create a new standard for working with diamonds, based on scientifically sound data and years of accumulated practice.
Participants completed the advanced training by leading specialists from the Gemological Institute, as well as practice-oriented training at the United Selling Organization of ALROSA. Under the guidance of experienced Russian specialists, participants received not only theoretical knowledge, but also practical skills.
"The use of our expertise in practice by the KP participants will certainly help eliminate the imbalance in world diamond prices, minimize the losses of mining countries from insufficient sorting and evaluation of diamonds in their national jurisdictions," explained ALROSA CEO Pavel Marinychev.
Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished
