The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) launched the third wave of the Real is Rare, Real is a Diamond campaign with the ‘For Me, From Me’ campaign inspired by women self-purchasers, the natural…
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India’s annual gold jewellery demand was stable at 598 tonnes, a drop of only 1% or 4 tonnes from the previous year, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC’s) latest Gold Demand…
De Beers said its total revenue in 2018 increased by 4% to $6.1 billion (2017: $5.8 billion), with rough diamond sales increasing by 4% to $5.4 billion (2017: $5.2 billion), driven by…
The diamond industry has moved from a relatively stable environment to a highly uncertain environment, according to an ABN Amro report. Edited excerpts below: In a diamond sector outlook report dated January…
On February 1st, the finance minister of India would be presenting the Interim Budget or Vote on Account for the financial year commencing April 1st, 2019. The key question is that since…
Dr. Sally Magaña, Gemological Institute of America (GIA) senior research scientist from Carlsbad, California, conducted educational seminars about “Identification and Update on Laboratory-Grown Diamonds” and “The Causes of Colour in Natural Fancy-Coloured…
The Rose of Mozambique, a rare, high-quality ruby sold at the Gemfields auction in Singapore to Bangkok’s pre-eminent gem specialist Sant Enterprises, has been cut and polished to reveal its true beauty.…
Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) has been rated among the top three Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) on performance for Apprenticeship for the year 2018 by the National Skill Development…
De Beers said rough diamond production for the fourth quarter of 2018 increased by 12% to 9.1 million carats. This brought De Beers’ total diamond production for 2018 to 35.29 million carats,…
Tracr, the end-to-end diamond industry blockchain traceability platform being developed by De Beers in collaboration with key industry stakeholders, said that Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group has joined the platform’s pilot programme.…