Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ) Mumbai reported that Ruchita Wagh, a degree student, has won the regional round of the India Skills Competition held in Bangalore from June 21st to…
This October, online auction house Saffronart will complete 10 years of selling heritage and contemporary fine jewellery. In an email interview, MINAL VAZIRANI, Saffronart’s co-founder and president, speaks about the company’s decade-long…
Demographic and lifestyle trends, economic and geographical factors are some of the major reasons that contribute to market dynamics. Change is the mandatory law of nature and from time to time, it…
Hailing from a family of diamond manufacturers and traders, it was only natural that MONA SHAH veered towards her family business. Specialising in high-end, 22-karat gold jadau jewellery, and silver encrusted with…
Sarine Technologies Ltd. held a celebratory event to mark the official opening of the Sarine Technology Lab in Mumbai, India, the hub of the global diamond industry. The event, which took place…
Chinese diamantaires will have their large diamonds polished in Israel, in a new manufacturing facility that the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) are now building within the IDE…
Designer jeweller – that’s what POONAM JOHARI likes to call herself. An architect by qualification, this third-generation entrepreneur belongs to a family of traditional jewellers, and is committed to taking the 80-year-old…
Rio Tinto has unveiled the largest Vivid Pink diamond in the history of its Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, during a world exclusive preview in Sydney. The 3.14-carat polished emerald cut diamond, known…
Lucapa Diamond Co. Ltd. reported the recovery of an 89-carat yellow diamond from the Mothae Diamond Project in Lesotho. The diamond was recovered from the current bulk sampling programme at Mothae, where…
Gemological Institute of America (GIA) India and the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council’s (GJEPC’s) regional office-northern region presented a seminar on synthetic diamonds in New Delhi on June 30th. The speaker,…