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11/03/2023
The rise of lab-created diamond jewellery has continued unabated. JOANNA PARK-TONKS shares her predictions for the road ahead.
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29/06/2022
• Samuel Ord
With the crisis in Ukraine causing significant issues to the international supply of natural diamonds, the door has been opened for lab-grown diamonds to capture a larger share of the market. SAMUEL ORD investigates the circumstances leading to this opportunity and speaks with retailers about consumer preferences.
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21/03/2022
• Richard Chiu
Diamond Foundry, a US company manufacturing lab grown diamonds in California, has announced it will take legal action against the United States Trade Office.
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03/03/2022
• Mikaelah Egan
Over the past few years, comparisons made by the opposing ‘camps’ of natural and synthetic diamond have been rampant, with a large amount of misinformation clouding the scene.
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22/02/2022
• Dr. Thomas Hainschwang
Owing to the rise of synthetic diamonds, the trade in fancy colour stones is no longer clear cut, writes Dr Thomas Hainschwang.
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06/12/2021
• Richard Chiu
Pope Francis blessed a lab-created diamond during Thanksgiving ceremonies in Rome, Italy to symbolise the need for promoting sustainable jewellery production processes.
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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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17/11/2021
• Dr. Thomas Hainschwang
Synthetic diamonds are still a hot topic debated across the industry and the media. How did they become so prominent, and what caused the sudden rise of synthetic diamonds? DR THOMAS HAINSCHWANG explores.
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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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08/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
The International Grown Diamond Association (IGDA) has launched IGDA 2.0, which is a completely revamped version of the trade association aimed at supporting and serving the rapidly expanding lab-created diamond industry.
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04/11/2021
• Richard Chiu
The current energy crisis in China has taken its toll on the country’s lab-created diamond industry as production dropped by 10-15 per cent in the past month or so and could cause prices to increase towards the end of the year.
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04/11/2021
• Robert Bouquet
As the world begins to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert Bouquet provides a snapshot on the exciting times ahead.
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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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