Leading UK-based coloured gemstone mining company Gemfields is poised to purchase luxury jewellery brand Fabergé with a view to creating “a globally-recognised coloured gemstone champion”. Read more »

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After a “sting” operation, government authorities have warned not only consumers but gold-buying businesses about discrepancies in prices offered for secondhand gold jewellery. Read more »

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In a tale resembling a Hollywood plot, a lesbian love triangle, involving blackmail and fraud, has robbed an Australian jewellery chain of $1.4 million and forced the closure of six of the company’s stores. Read more »

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Jewellery retailer Linneys has continued its use of celebrity ambassadors by using Belgian Victoria’s Secret model Jessica Van Der Steen for its 2013 collection, Gardens of Eden. Read more »

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Upmarket diamond jeweller Harry Winston has acquired BHP Billiton’s 80 per cent stake in the Canada-based Ekati mine while a Hong Kong retailer has signed a two-year contract to source rough diamonds directly from Russian producer Alrosa. Read more »

“And what colour would you like your gold, madam? Red? Green perhaps?” A ground-breaking initiative has discovered how to change the colour of the world’s most iconic precious metal. Read more »

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Archaeologists have discovered a 2,400-year-old golden hoard in an ancient Greek tomb in Bulgaria. Gold jewellery was among the artifacts including four bracelets and a ring. Read more »

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Bahrain-based Investcorp, the company that has previously ramped up the fortunes of jewellery powerhouses, such as Gucci and Tiffany & Co, is adding Georg Jensen to its portfolio.  Read more »