The major international diamond trader Beni Shteynmets (Beny Steinmetz) on Wednesday has been released from house arrest, reports the Times of Israel.
Last month, Israeli police arrested the owner of BSG Resources (BSGR) on suspicion of bribing government officials in Guinea. According to law enforcement officials, bribery was used to obtain the rights to the extraction of iron ore in the vast project Simandu (Simandou).
Billionaire Steinmetz and other Israeli businessmen are suspected by the police, paid tens of millions of dollars to senior government officials of Guinea party to obtain a license for the project.
Meanwhile, BSGR consistently rejected all accusations against their leader.
"In BSGR are firmly convinced that the accusations of bribery Guinea government officials not only baseless, but are systematic attempts by the Government of Guinea to cover the endemic corruption that plague the country for several years", - said a spokesman for BSGR, which quotes mining.com.
According BSGR, an investigation was initiated by the Government of Guinea, with the support of international police agencies in the US, UK and Switzerland.
Arrest Steinmetz became perhaps the most dramatic turn in the case of field Simandu, which is also "shocked to the core" the world's second-largest mining company, Rio Tinto.
The report also mentions mining.com that Rio Tinto has recently published e-mails addressed to certain of its leaders in May 2011 in connection with the questionable payments external consultant working on the project Simandu the company. Just one month, this publication has caused a number of checks, as well as several reorganization of the administrative apparatus, including the dismissal of Alana Devisa (Alan Davies), Chief Executive Officer for the extraction of energy resources and minerals Rio Tinto. Previously, he has promised to take "the strongest possible legal action" against Rio Tinto.
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Ministry of Finance rejected the idea of abolishing the excise tax on jewelery, but at the same time expressed its willingness to solve a number of problems facing the jewelry industry, in order to avoid damage to the jewelry sector.
As the representative of the Indian Association of gold and jewelers (India Bullion and Jewellers Association, IBJA ), the ministry in a conversation with the chairman of the organization to assure him of their willingness to discuss the solution to the problems facing the jewelry industry, so that jewelers can get the benefits and not be faced with their infringement rights.
Thereafter IBJA released a statement in which it called for further negotiations. The association added that the strike jewelers in India will continue as long as the excise tax on jewelery is completely canceled.
In the draft budget in India on February 29, it was announced that the jewelry will be charged excise duty at a rate of 1% in addition to the usual taxes. Gems and jewelry sector made a strong condemnation of such initiatives by the authorities, after which the Indian jewelers March 1 launched a nationwide strike.
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