Diamond

The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), a De Beers Group company, unveiled SYNTHdetect – the first synthetic screening device in the industry to test multiple stones in set jewellery at once...

At a time when jewelers are struggling to connect with consumers and the economy is mercurial at best, exhibitors at the 2017 LUXURY show, which opened June 2 for a seven-day run at Mandalay...

The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) announced at the JCK, Las Vegas yesterday that their 2017 full-year marketing budget will total US$ 57 million, which has been sanctioned by its Board of Directors. “Building on...

  Due to the cessation of mining activities at Saxendrift and Remhoogte-Holsloot (RHC) and with the sole operation, Wouterspan (WPC), being still in ramp-up phase, Rockwell Diamonds Inc. has seen a huge impact on its...

Indo-Russian ties in the diamond sector took a giant leap forward with the signing of a Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) between The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and ALROSA on the sidelines...

Last week, I came across a release from Ada Diamonds, a Silicon Valley–based, lab-grown diamond distributor: Ada Diamonds…recently discovered a number of undisclosed mined diamonds mixed into multiple parcels of laboratory-grown melee diamonds, ranging from...

India has further strengthened its bilateral trade with China, exporting diamonds and gemstones amounting to US$588 million in the first quarter of 2017. With improving trade relations, India has risen to become the second largest...

Bahia, Brazil Revealing itself just in time for the month that celebrates it as a birthstone, a 600-pound emerald was uncovered in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. The country’s National Department of Mineral Production...

Lucapa Diamond Company Limited announced recently that it had concluded the process for procuring a funding package valued at up to A$ 19 million “to fund the acquisition and advancement of the high value...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced that it will be presenting an in-depth look of the GIA M2M™ – a new service that tells the digital story of a diamond, and also...