28/02/2022
• Richard Chiu
The US government has named Russian state-run mining company Alrosa as one of the companies facing “expansive economic measures” and which is expected to impact the worldwide supply and trading of diamonds.
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14/02/2022
• Richard Chiu
The revamped International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) - known as IGDA 2.0 - has announced its leadership committee to steer the course for the group’s representation of the synthetic diamond industry.
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14/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
World Diamond Council (WDC) president Edward Asscher has urged the Kimberley Process members to reassert its stand on expanding the definition of conflict diamonds to promote long-term consumer confidence.
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09/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
Lightbox, the De Beers-owned lab-created diamond jewellery business, has announced its new policy of disclosing treatments used in the creation of grown diamonds but still maintains such declarations are optional.
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03/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
With the demand driven by fashion jewellery trends and high-tech, non-jewellery applications, the lab-created diamond market is expected to grow by almost US$4 billion ($AU5.32 billion) by 2025, according to an independent New York-based industry analyst.
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29/10/2021
• Angela Han
De Beers recently announced that it will now sell loose lab-created diamonds direct to consumers. ANGELA HAN explores further challenges that lie ahead for both retailers and suppliers.
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26/10/2021
• Jeweller Staff
Lightbox Jewelry, the De Beers-owned lab-created diamond jewellery business, has launched new product category Lightbox Loose Stones, which enables consumers to purchase individual Lightbox white, pink, or blue lab-grown diamonds at its standardised price of $US800 per carat.
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30/06/2021
• Jeweller Staff
The international diamond industry is abuzz following the discovery of two large stones weighing more than 1,000 carats, only weeks apart.
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11/05/2021
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Several diamond and jewellery industry associations have demanded Pandora Jewelry retract elements of a recent statement regarding its decision to stop stocking natural diamond, claiming it promotes the “false and misleading narrative” that lab-created diamonds are “an ethical choice” when compared with natural diamonds.
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06/05/2021
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Pandora Jewelry has launched its first collection set exclusively with lab-created diamonds, and has announced plans to phase out natural diamonds from its product lines.
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29/04/2021
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
The National Advertising Division (NAD) – the US advertising industry’s self-regulation body – has issued a warning to the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) following a complaint from lab-created diamond company Diamond Foundry.
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01/03/2021
• Callum Glennen
Advances in technology have increased the price difference between lab-created and mined diamonds by as much as 1,000 per cent, a new report has revealed.
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30/12/2020
• Jeweller Staff
Following years of debate the Indian diamond industry, including the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai, has formalised its 'recognition' of lab-created diamonds.
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01/12/2020
• Callum Glennen
WD Lab Grown Diamonds and the Carnegie Institute of Washington have settled their legal battle with Pure Grown Diamonds and IIa Technologies over lab-grown diamond patents.
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03/11/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
A new report from US-based jewellery industry marketing firm The MVEye – formerly known as MVI Marketing – has found that the man-made stones have reached a new threshold of awareness and ownership among consumers.
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