Russian miner Alrosa has caught an employee allegedly exchanging low-value diamonds for more expensive ones, which, together with accomplices, she then sold to Armenian smugglers. Following an ...

Botswana President Duma Boko had to try twice to inject some energy into a sleepy audience at the annual World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) gathering in New York. It was the morning after the ...

De Beers Group has introduced a new jewelry initiative as well as a branded polished-diamond line aimed at increasing consumer demand for natural diamonds and reinforcing their provenance. The company ...

Digital diamond-trading marketplace Clara has named Itay Ariel and Roni Rydlewicz to oversee its global strategy amid the company’s rapid growth. Founders HRA Group and former Lucara CEO Eira Thomas ...

Jewelers of America (JA) has revealed the names of the six jewelry trade associations that will receive its inaugural Impact Initiative grants. The initiative is a multifaceted program aimed at ...

Christie’s will offer a 6.51-carat diamond ring with a high estimate of $500,000 at its upcoming online jewelry sale. The piece bears a cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut, fancy-light-purplish-pink, ...

Gemfields will inaugurate a second ruby-processing plant at its Montepuez site in September, expecting to triple the mine’s overall ore capacity. The company’s new facility in Mozambique will increase ...

Jewelers of America (JA) has promoted Amanda Gizzi to senior vice president of corporate affairs. Gizzi most recently served as the organization’s director of public relations and events, JA said ...

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized five shipments carrying nearly 2,200 pieces of counterfeit jewelry valued at over $25 million. The first packages customs confiscated in Louisville, ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointed Pritesh Patel as its president and CEO, to succeed longtime chief Susan Jacques, who is retiring. Patel joined the institute in 2015 as chief ...

HRD Antwerp will no longer issue certificates for loose lab-grown diamonds — a move it hopes will reaffirm its role as an international hub for natural stones and create a clear distinction between ...

Israel has expressed opposition to Qatar’s candidacy for Kimberley Process (KP) chair, threatening the diamond certification scheme’s ability to find a new leader. Qatar is currently the only country ...