04/01/2022
• Richard Chiu
A 91.86-carat yellow-brown diamond mined last year has been named ‘ Kyndykan’ in honour of an indigenous folklore heroine who survived a pandemic that wiped out a nomadic community 200 years ago.
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04/01/2022
• Richard Chiu
The Israeli diamond industry has seen an impressive recovery in 2021 from a COVID-induced slump with net exports for polished diamonds totaling $US3.65 billion ($AU5 billion).
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26/12/2021
• Richard Chiu
To collectively boost India’s jewellery export industry and commitment to sustainability, the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) and the Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) have banded together to launch a marketing camping titled ‘Thank You, By The Way’.
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26/12/2021
• Richard Chiu
The acquisition of Merlin Diamond Mine by Lucapa Diamonds is expected to be the biggest commercial diamond mining operation in Australia with a targeted yield of 153,000 carats per year when it begins full-scale production in 2024.
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18/12/2021
• Jeweller Staff
The recent Kimberley Process (KP) plenary has adopted a new framework of principles designed to guide the organisation through the next decades.
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18/12/2021
• Jeweller Staff
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15/12/2021
• Jeweller Staff
Rio Tinto and Star Diamond Corp have settled their long-running dispute over the Star-Orion South diamond mine in Canada.
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14/12/2021
• Richard Chiu
The 20.46-carat Okavango Blue Diamond, which is said to be one of the most fascinating and rarest colour diamonds in existence, has been unveiled for public display at the American Museum of National History.
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07/12/2021
• Richard Chiu
It’s all systems go for the Dubai Diamond Conference on 21 February 2022, where hundreds of industry leaders and stakeholders are expected to attend and discuss industry trends, updates and the future of the international diamond market.
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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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02/12/2021
• Richard Chiu
It took two decades, millions of dollars, and a box of ruined and ‘exploded’ diamonds for a Wellington jeweller to finally be a step closer to a billion-dollar payout and create the 'Floeting Diamond'.
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02/12/2021
• Richard Chiu
Despite the growth of specialist diamond jewellery websites, and the general increase in online shopping over the past two years, a new study has found 67 per cent of people who decided to marry purchased their engagement ring in-store, from a jewellery retailer.
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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
• 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
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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