Saffronart’s Jewellery Auction Fetches $716,994

Saffronart’s online auction of fine jewels, titled From Tradition to Innovation, concluded on October 25th, achieving a total sales value of I5.16 crore ($716,994). The auction featured a selection of high quality…

Spectroscopic Methods Of Detecting Synthetic Diamonds

During the recent past, there has been tremendous progress in laboratory-grown diamonds, ranging from nano diamonds to large single crystals of gemmological interest. The diamond synthesis is done by two routes; one…

KP: Global Rough Diamond Output Soars To 150.8 Mct

In 2017, worldwide, rough diamond production increased by nearly a fifth in volume terms owing to a surge in output from the top mining countries, especially Canada, data published by the Kimberley…

India’s Q2 Gold Jewellery Demand Falls 8%

Global Q2 gold jewellery demand dipped 2% to 510.3 tonnes largely due to a weaker Indian market, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC’s) latest Gold Demand Trends report. Challenging conditions in…

Positive Sentiment Pervades JAS 18

Jewellers Association Show (JAS), a popular businesscum-consumer trade fair organised annually by the Jewellers Association, Jaipur, was held from August 31st to September 3rd, 2018, at the Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre…

Alrosa Launches Coloured Diamond Auction At HK

Russian diamond producer Alrosa presented the first-of-itskind collection of large coloured diamonds at the Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair as part of a new strategy to become the world leader in…

Typhoon Damps Down HK Fair

The 36th edition of the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair boasted a record number of exhibitors—3,730—but the downside was the shortened show thanks to the arrival of supertyphoon Mangkhut, the…