Is Botswana’s Deal With HB Antwerp a Threat to De Beers?

April 4, 2023

Rafael Papismedov, a co-founder of HB Antwerp, spoke to JCK about whether his company is competition for De Beers, how his 3-year-old business has attracted so much attention, and why the traditional ways of the diamond business are “nonsense.”

Photo courtesy of the Botswana government

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