18/10/2024
• Jeweller Staff
ABC Refinery Australia has received CME Group Accreditation for its silver bars. The CME Group is a US-based company that provides international electronic trading, and from 10 November the bars were accepted for settlement of COMEX ‘SI’ silver futures contract.
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30/11/2021
• Angela Han
Following last week’s announcement of ‘Australian Jewellery Fair 2022 Kickstart’, a new trade show to ‘reboot’ the industry following two years of turmoil due COVID-19 restrictions, Australia’s four buying groups have thrown their support behind the Sydney show.
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30/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
Australian jewellery supplier, SAMS Group managed to secure a large portion of rare sapphires at an international gemstone auction billed as the “world’s first and largest rough sapphire auction.”
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29/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
The global market for diamond jewellery and rough stones is at its ‘healthiest’ state in recent years due to improvement in the industry’s supply and demand fundamentals.
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29/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
The production of lab-created diamonds in China is undergoing some interesting change. Two of China's major producers, Zhengzhou Sino-Crystal Diamond Co Ltd and Zhengzhou Sino-Crystal Diamond Co Ltd have plans to produce lab-created diamonds for jewellery design and manufacture, in addition to stones for industrial purposes.
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29/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
The discovery of an extremely rare ‘double diamond’ in Western Australia’s Kimberley region is expected to kickstart the diamond mining industry in addressing the strong demand for colour diamonds.
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26/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
Expertise Events has announced a new trade show event to re-energise the jewellery industry following two years of industry turmoil due to the cancellation of all industry exhibitions and seminars because of COVID-19 restrictions.
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26/11/2021
Take a few moments to enjoy Jeweller's Friday Flicks video selection including updates on current affairs and insights into our jewellery trade. This week, discover how a jeweller transforms a 3-carat emerald cut diamond of a panicked bride, go deep into the mines of Colombia in search of emeralds and a jeweller sells watches for Bitcoin at a cryptocurrency show.
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26/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
WatchBox, an online trading platform dealing in luxury second-hand watches has successfully completed a funding round, raising $US165 million ($AU229 million) in equity capital, which will be put towards plans for global expansion.
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26/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
De Beers Group, the world’s largest diamond producer, announced that the value of its rough diamond sales for its 2021 ninth sales cycle was $US430 million ($AU597 million), a slight decrease from the previous period.
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24/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
What archeologists believed to be the oldest jewellery discovered in southwest Morocco between 2014 and 2018 could be evidence that social profiling was practised during ancient times.
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24/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
An artificially coloured bead believed to be 23,000 years old has been unearthed in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, and it has been confirmed as Japan’s oldest known colour accessory.
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24/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
The Indian government has designated the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) as the sole import and export authority for rough diamonds for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
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23/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
Luxury jewellery company Tiffany & Co. showcased its newly made 180-carat diamond piece, which it has named The World’s Fair Necklace, on Sunday, and it is one of the most expensive pieces produced by the company.
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23/11/2021
• Jeweller Staff
A pair of diamond bracelets that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the condemned 18th century queen of France, has been purchased at a Christie’s auction for 7.6 million Swiss francs ($AU11.1 million).
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