Surat Diamond Bourse: A Boon For Artisans And Businessmen

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s largest corporate office complex in Surat on August 17, 2023. Surat Diamond Bourse is now the world’s largest office complex, breaking the title held by the Pentagon for the past 80 years. Built on 35.54 acres of land at a cost of Rs 3400 crore, Surat Diamond Bourse is set to become a global hub for trading of rough and polished diamonds. Let’s take a look at the world’s diamond industry Trading of the world’s rough diamonds takes place in Antwerp, Belgium The major producing countries of rough diamonds in the world are Russia, Botswana, Congo, Canada, Australia and Angola and South Africa 95 per cent of the world’s rough diamonds are polished in Surat, India Polished diamonds are traded in Mumbai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai Diamond is mined in Russia and Africa and traded in Antwerp and Hong Kong. Today, when the building of Surat Diamond Bourse has acquired the tag of the world’s largest diamond trading hub, people from all over the world will come to Surat to buy diamonds.