HB Antwerp
Diamond company
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| February 2024 | Signed a new 10-year diamond sales agreement with Lucara Diamond Corporation. |
| 2023 | Opened HB Botswana, a new cutting and polishing facility in Gaborone, Botswana. |
| October 2023 | Terminated the previous ten-year contract with Lucara Diamond Corporation. |
| March 2023 | Botswana acquired a 24% stake in HB Antwerp, as announced by President Mokgweetsi Masisi. |
| 2022 | Partnered with Microsoft to verify and track mined gems using blockchain technology, and collaborated with engineering company Comate to develop mini safes for diamond storage and tracking. |
| 2022 | Signed a ten-year contract with Lucara Diamond Corporation for diamond purchases. |
| September 2022 | During the United Nations General Assembly, Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Masisi highlighted HB Antwerp's government arrangement as a model for other African countries. |
| January 2022 | Established Signum, a rough diamond brand that sold 12 Non-fungible token diamonds directly to the public. |
| 2020 | HB Antwerp was founded by four entrepreneurs: Shai de Toledo, Rafael Papismedov, Oded Mansori, and Boaz Lev in Antwerp, Belgium, establishing a new diamond cutting and technology company. |
| August 2020 | HB Antwerp entered an agreement with Lucara to purchase all large stones (10.8 carats and up) from the Karowe mine, partnering with Louis Vuitton to work on significant diamonds including the 'Sewelo', 'Sethunya' (549 carats), and a 1,175-carat rough diamond. |
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