According to sources, next Mines-to-Market, International Diamond Conference will get organized in the month of March 2009. One of the flagship events is being organized after every two years by the GJEPC since 2005.

Huge capacity to process rough always faces a short of rough stones in India. Even if that India process about 92% of the global rough could get just 25% directly rest rough diamonds comes to India from trading centers most probably from Antwerp! India started an effective presentation, to source rough directly from diamond producing countries that long supply line is not valid while the global GJ industry is transforming, by using a dais of Mines to Market.

The Minister for State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh has invited President of Angola Jose Eduardo dos Santos to be the Chief guest of Mines to Market-3 that to be held in Mumbai Jairam also offered Angola that India is willing to be a partner at the World Diamond Summit that to be held for the first time in Lunada in 2009!