Grib Diamonds has signed up for Sarine Technologies� provenance program, enabling the Antwerp-based trader to provide source verification for the rough it offers.

Grib, which sells rough from AGD Diamonds� Grib mine in Russia, will use the traceability information to complement the Sarine technology it already offers customers, the Israel-based equipment provider said Wednesday. These include mapping of flaws in high-value diamonds, as well as planning solutions that help manufacturers know how best to cut a stone.

�Consumer demand for sustainably sourced, traceable diamonds is increasing rapidly, and we believe that the transparency provided by technology-based tracking is the best solution to respond to this challenge and enable our industry to continue prospering,� said Grib managing director Igor Prokhorenko.

Image: Rough diamonds. (Ilan Tach�/Grib Diamonds)