US retail sales continued to grow in November, putting the 2021 holiday season on the home stretch for record spending despite inflation, supply chain disruptions and Covid-19, the National Retail Federation (NRF)…
Smaller, lower-quality goods have in certain categories outperformed better quality, medium- and larger-sized goods in recent quarters, reveals diamond analyst Paul Zimnisky. 2021 has been marked by a continuation in the rally…
India’s maharajas add glittering history to refurbished Place Vendome, the epicentre of the French high-jewellery world. Place Vendome, the epicentre of the French high-jewellery world, has recently undergone a multi-billion-euro makeover that…
MMTC-PAMP, India’s only fully integrated ecosystem for gold and silver, announced its entry into the prestigious Fortune 500 India list which ranks India’s largest corporations by revenue. It is MMTC-PAMP’s debut on…
De Beers appointed Thembinkosi Moses Madondo as Managing Director of De Beers Group Managed Operations, encompassing mining operations in Canada and South Africa, effective from 1st January 2022. Moses’ appointment follows the announcement…
Israel’s anti-money laundering (AML) and tax authorities have lowered the risk rating of Israel’s diamond industry from high to medium, the Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) said. This comes in the wake of…
Alrosa’s overall sales of rough and polished diamonds in November 2021 fell 14% year-on-year to $334 million, including proceeds from rough diamond sales of $310 million, and polished diamond sales of $24…
SRK Empire, the LEED Platinum-certified diamond crafting facility of Shree Ramkrishna Exports Pvt. Ltd. (SRK), has been listed as the world’s No. 1 Green Building. The diamond crafting facility has secured the…
The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has added courses in Japanese and traditional Chinese to its free-of-charge online educational programme, entitled “Understanding Gemstones.” The courses, which cover diamonds, emeralds, pearls, rubies and sapphires,…
The World Gold Council (WGC) launched a report titled ‘Bullion Trade in India’, as part of a series of in-depth analysis on the Indian gold market. The report highlights how, with very…