Graff celebrates yellow diamonds
Graff is exhibiting a collection of yellow diamonds
Rough Diamond
Lucapa debt free as of July 4
Lucapa Diamond Company has fully repaid all interest-bearing loans
Diamonds are for now: Botswana reach new deal with De Beers
Botswana has reached an eleventh-hour deal with diamond giant De Beers after months of tense negotiations that saw the continent’s top producer threatening to cut ties with the storied company.
US Sanctions Gold, Diamond Companies Aiding Wagner Group
The US Department of the Treasury has issued sanctions against four companies and an individual in the gold and diamond industries that have provided funding to Russian military organization Wagner Group.
Junior miner recovers spectacular pink diamond from banks of Middle Orange River
Admiring the pink diamond is South African Diamond Producers Organisation CEO and Pioneer Tender House director Yamkela Makupula.
Dubai-Israel Diamond Trade Hits $1.75bn in 2022
The volume of trade exchange between UAE and Israel, in the diamond trade, increased to $1.75 billion in 2022
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.
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