De Beers: Output, Average Price Per Carat Up in 2018
De Beers reported that rough diamond sales volumes totalled 9.9 million carats (9.2 million carats on a consolidated basis) from three sales cycles, compared with 8.2 million carats (7.5 million carats on a consolidated...
Swarovski Genuine Gemstones Trend Directions for 2017
Swarovski’s Gemstones division has announced its annual Gem Visions—a robust analysis of the cultural trends and themes influencing the designs of fine and bridge jewelry. Partnering with industry experts and reviewing a myriad of...
Royal Blue Diamond Surfaces After 300 Years
Sotheby’s will offer the historic Farnese Blue diamond at its Geneva sale in May, the first time it has been on the market.
The pear-shaped, 6.16-carat, fancy dark grey-blue stone — originally given to Queen...
Tiffany reports stronger first-half performance
Tiffany & Co said its global net sales for the first half of 2017 reached US$1.9 billion, up 2 percent from the prior year on the back of stronger diamond sales as well as...
5 Retailers on Top Trends in Wedding Jewelry
Modern nuptials run the gamut from a rustic, outdoor woodland wedding to a colorful celebration in an exotic destination. Accordingly, engagement and wedding jewelry is becoming at once more varied and more personal.
Retailers say clients...
Alrosa to Auction Both Rough and Polished Diamonds at IDWI in Feb 2017
The sixth International Diamond Week (IDWI), to be held from February 13 – 16, 2017 at the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will also witness an auction of both rough and polished diamonds by ALROSA. ...
Macau reports solid growth in Q2 jewellery sales
Macau’s retail sales of watches, clocks and jewellery registered a strong year-on-year growth of 25.1 percent in the second quarter of 2017, reaching MOP 3.19 billion (around US$395.42 million), the Statistics and Census Service...
Gold Jewelry Demand Rose 3% in the US Last Year
London--Worldwide demand for gold jewelry saw its first annual increase since 2013 last year, the World Gold Council said.
In its Gold Demand Trends report for 2017, the WGC reported demand for gold jewelry...
Twenty debutantes wear HARAKH haute joaillerie at le Bal, Paris 2019
A glamorous group of young débutantes shined last night at the Shangri-La Hotel, Paris, wearing custom haute joaillerie by HARAKH, the Official Jeweller of le Bal, Paris 2019. As one of the...
Jim Vimadalal Appointed Director of ALROSA’s Mumbai Representative Office
Jim Vimadalal has been appointed as the Director of ALROSA’s new representative office in Mumbai, the Russian mining company announced last week. Prior to this, Jim worked at the Indian offices of Rio Tinto...
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