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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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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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10/08/2021
• Robert Bouquet
In this latest NCDIA report, ROBERT BOUQUET covers key events and developments through July to August, and provides some insight into the near-future of the diamond trade.
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21/07/2021
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Duraflex Group Australia (DGA) has inked an exclusive distribution deal with Swarovski to supply its Created Diamonds to the local market, with the range available from the end of July 2021.
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18/06/2021
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has determined that a 6.18-carat round brilliant cut diamond, which had been submitted for grading as natural, was lab-created.
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06/12/2019
A lot has happened since our last Great Diamond Debate. In the last 12-months, the continuing brouhaha concerning natural versus lab-grown diamonds has become complex, turning into a latter-day ‘land grab’ for the hearts and minds of consumers. Read updates from industry leaders around the world weigh in on the debate.
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