Adamas BSU, a Belarusian state unitary enterprise, is the world’s biggest manufacturer of synthetic diamonds, both rough and polished. The company’s products are used in various fields of engineering, electronics, medicine and jewelry business. Diamond mono crystals are grown in 120 synthesis apparatus by the BARS technique. These installations allow not only growing diamonds, but optimizing quality characteristics (color in the first place) of both synthetic and natural crystals. Vladimir Fedorchenko, Deputy Marketing Director of Adamas BSU, answers the questions put by the correspondent of Rough&Polished.
Roni Stschik is one of the most unusual persons in the jewelry industry, since he is the most diversified professional, being the cutter and goldsmith, process man and innovating inventor, designer and manager of a young, but already famous company named Majestic Jewelry Ltd. Roni belongs to the third generation of diamantaires and inherited not only his family’s love for work with diamonds, but creativity. Jokingly he says that his company registers more patents than any other in Israel.
The Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant named after V.N. Gulidov is the world’s only manufacturer, which takes all the existing types of raw minerals to process them into eight precious metals: platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, as well as gold and silver. OAO Krastsvetmet refines about 50% of Russia’s gold and 98% of platinoids. The company’s outlook is described by its General Manager Igor Tikhov.
Her last name meaning “exemplary” suits her as no one else: the artist fanatically devoted to music, the singer for whom her profession is her passion and the paramount sense of life, the magnetic personality, Elena Obraztsova is the first Russian singer who received the status of a legend of the world vocal.BHP Billiton said the U.S. Department of Justice has cleared its proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto, meaning the world's biggest diversified resources company has in effect received U.S. approval.
'The early termination by the DoJ represents an important milestone in the progress of our merger clearances which are pre-conditions of our offer for Rio Tinto,' said Illtud Harri, a spokesman for BHP Billiton.
The acquisition still needs regulatory approval from the European Union, Australia, South Africa and Canada. The E.U. is due to announce its decision on the proposed takeover on Friday and is expected to move towards a more detailed Phase 2 investigation with a final decision not anticipated until the end of 2008 or early 2009.
Iron ore is expected to be the main focus for regulators, and steelmakers - the biggest users of the raw material - have expressed concerns over the planned combination.
BHP Billiton made a 3.4-for-1 hostile share offer for the world's third-largest miner in a deal worth an estimated $170 billion.
BHP Billiton said the DoJ and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have granted early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for the proposed acquisition and that the DoJ has concluded its review without further action. The decision allows U.S. regulators to revisit the case if new information becomes available.
'We are very pleased that we have received notice of early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period and completion of the Department of Justice
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