With scores of visitors waiting in line to collect their badges at the registration desk, foot traffic in the corridors of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse and the Diamond Club of Antwerp was strong, turning the exhibition booths of the 83 participating companies into beehives of activity.
The Kyrgyz Republic government is once again trying to force Centerra to renegotiate the terms of its mining license for the Kumtor open pit gold mine, the country’s largest foreign investment.