Indian diamantaires seeking to convince the world's largest miners - De Beers, Alrosa and Rio Tinto - to open their offices in established within the Surat Diamond Exchange, which, according to recent data, will be called the International Diamond Exchange Surat (Surat International Diamond Bourse (SIDB) .
According to reports , during the first meeting with Mumbai diamantaires held on May 14, diamantaires from Surat offered to allocate special areas for the diamond mining companies, as well as traders of rough diamonds from Antwerp and Dubai, so that they could conduct diamond auctions.
However, diamond industry experts explained that mining companies can not establish sales offices in India and import rough diamonds on consignment terms, in accordance with current regulations and rules established by the Indian government.