News & Trends

  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...

Signet Jewelers is now one of four public companies that have submitted an independently audited “conflict minerals” report to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The audit concluded that 99 percent of the gold in Signet’s...

New York--When the end of the week comes and it feels like there’s still everything to be done, take a step back and breathe deep to power through the rest of the day. Coomi’s Antiquity...

Scott Kay, purveyor of bridal, wedding, and fashion jewelry, and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) named a second-year jewelry design student, Isabelle Meyers, winner of its joint design contest. The contest challenged students...

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...

Ring embellished with a 5.11-carat Colombian emerald centre stone Diamond ring with a 1.80 carat fancy light green diamond centre gem A pair of earrings adorned with jadeite cabochons and brilliant cut diamond aceents Fine green gemstone...