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World Diamond Council Upgrades Website

The World Diamond Council (WDC) has announced the launch of a newly designed website, upgrading the level of support provided both to its own members and the diamond and jewellery industries in…

Mahiar Borhanjoo Is New CEO Of DFL Group

The DFL Group, which is building an international ecosystem that will provide multiple suppliers and buyers with financing, online sales capacity and a comprehensive selection of polished diamonds, along with gemmological, logistic…

CIBJO & Coloured Gemstone Working Group Sign MoU

CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, and the Coloured Gemstone Working Group (CGWG) facilitated by The Dragonfly Initiative (TDI) announced a new collaboration to strengthen and disseminate tools and resources for the responsible…

BVC’s Rajesh Neelakanta Appointed RJC Board Member

Rajesh Neelakanta, executive director and CEO of BVC Logistics Pvt. Ltd., the domestic logistics arm for precious cargo, was recently appointed as a board member of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC). RJC…

Japan’s Leading Retailer Adopts Sarine Diamond Journey

Singapore Exchange-listed Sarine Technologies Ltd. announced that New Art Cima Ltd. is the first leading jewellery retail chain in Japan to implement the Sarine Diamond Journey™ solution as a centrepiece of its…

Tracr Community Launch Signals Readiness For Mass Adoption

Tracr™, the end-to-end diamond traceability platform, being developed by De Beers Group in collaboration with the diamond industry, launched Tracr Community for the education and collaboration of industry participants, on May 31st.…

De Beers Sees Declines In Q1 Rough Production & Sales

De Beers reported an 8% decrease in rough diamond production to 7.9 million carats for the first quarter of 2019 that was driven mainly by a reduction in South Africa. In Botswana…

WDC Presents Strengthened SoW At OECD Forum In Paris

Senior officials of the World Diamond Council (WDC) provided an overview of the organisation’s revised System of Warranties (SoW), during two sessions on April 24th at the 13th Forum on Responsible Mineral…

DPA Promotes Child’s Birth As New Purchase Occasion

The Diamond Producers Association (DPA), an international alliance of the world’sleading diamond mining companies, is working with stakeholders in the industry to create a new occasion for diamond purchase. Through consumer research,…