De Beers Sales Slide as Slow Trading Continues
De Beers’ sales value fell this month as global rough demand weakened and the miner reduced prices of its larger stones.
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The Industry’s Diamond-Origin Conundrum
The Group of Seven (G7) meeting that took place in Japan in mid-May proved to be an anticlimax for the diamond trade.
Surat Dealers “Smuggling Diamonds from Sierra Leone”
Diamond dealers from Surat are routinely flying to Sierra Leone, buying uncertified rough diamonds from artisanal mines and smuggling them home, according to an investigation by The Blunt Times.
Lightbox Starts Selling Engagement Rings with Lab-Grown Diamonds
De Beers’ Lightbox lab-grown diamond brand is trialing sales of engagement rings
Positive drill results in hunt for more kimberlites at Gahcho Kué for Mountain Province and De Beers
Mountain Province Diamonds reports positive drilling results at several targets at the Gahcho Kué diamond mine 300 km east-northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T. It has intersected 40 metres of kimberlite near the Tuzo resource and multiple intersections – as long as 287 metres of kimberlite – at the Hearne Deep and Hearne Northwest Extension targets. The … Read more
IGI Sees Largest a Lab-Grown Diamond
India-based Ethereal Green Diamond has created and sold the largest polished lab-grown diamond in history, according to the International Gemological Institute (IGI), which graded it.
55 Carat Ruby, 10 Carat Pink Diamond Each Fetch A Record $34.8 Million At Sotheby’s
The 10.57-carat “Eternal Pink” diamond and the “Estrela de Fura,” a 55.22-carat Mozambique ruby
Anglo American reports latest diamond sales value for De Beers
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales
4.83 ct Fancy Blue Diamond Sells for $8.8 million USD
A 4.83 carat fancy vivid blue diamond ring sold for $8.8m at Christie’s Hong Kong
Renowned Diamond Cutter Gabriel ‘Gabi’ Tolkowsky Dies
Sir Gabriel “Gabi” Tolkowsky, one of the world’s most revered diamond cutters, has died at 84