Industry

The leadership of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) extended a warm welcome to Shri Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), along with Smt...

Diamonds Do Good (DDG) announced the honourees for its 2025 Diamonds Do Good Awards, celebrating influential leaders whose business practices embody a commitment to positive social impact, industry innovation and community empowerment. This year’s...

Bonhams presents the New York Jewels sale on December 9, 2024. The 195-lot collection of jewelry features an impressive range of diamonds, colored diamonds and vibrant gemstones from emeralds, sapphires and rubies set in...

The GIA Board of Governors (Front row from left to right): Samantha Ravich, Ph.D., Dave Bindra, Susan Jacques, Lisa Locklear (Board Chair), Stephen Kahler (Vice Chair), Barbara Dutrow, Ph.D., Russell Mehta. (Back row from...

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has revised wastage norms and Standard Input Output Norms (SIONs) for jewellery , effective from 1st January 2025. DGFT had reduced the wastage norms drastically across all jewellery...

GJEPC hosted Shri Ajay Bhadoo, Additional Secretary, from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I) and Shri Gaurav Pundir, Director, Dept. of Commerce, at the Council’s India Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX) in Dubai on...

Signet Jewelers announced that, after twelve years at the company, Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos is planning to retire as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective 4th November,...

Sarine Technologies announced its collaboration with Chaumet, the flagship luxury jewellery brand of LVMH, to provide fully traceable diamonds for the newly introduced ‘Bee My Love’ pendant necklace. The ‘Bee My Love’ pendant, a key...

Gemfields suffered a slump in sales and prices at its latest auction of rough emeralds from its Kagem mine, in Zambia. The UK-based company blamed conflicts, elections, and economic uncertainty in China, compounded by a...

GJEPC attended a stakeholder consultation meeting on 28th August, 2024, at Vanija Bhavan, New Delhi, to discuss the implementation, benefits, potential and challenges involved in introducing Geographical Indication (GI) specialised identifiers for existing Harmonized...