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 ...

Digital diamond-trading marketplace Clara has named Itay Ariel and Roni Rydlewicz to oversee its global strategy amid the company’s rapid growth. Under the new leadership, the platform, which matches ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has updated the terms it will use to describe lab-grown on reports, to distinguish them further from natural diamonds. The new nomenclature will use ...

Sales of luxury goods in Hong Kong fell 1.7% year on year in April, an improvement from the previous month’s 3.4% decrease. Revenue from jewelry, watches clocks and valuable gifts totaled HKD 3.69 ...

The main news from the recent Kimberley Process (KP) intersessional meeting related to the organization’s definition of conflict diamonds. The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), which ...

President Duma Boko has called for every diamond from Botswana’s mines to remain in the country for manufacturing, signaling a major policy shift, according to a local report. “We are moving to a ...

The US jewelry market is in motion: adapting, evolving, and revealing new patterns of consumer behavior in response to shifting economic and political pressures. In our May-June issue, Rapaport ...

Gemological Science International (GSI) is opening its 14 th global laboratory, located in Bangkok, Thailand. The facility will carry out comprehensive testing, analysis and certification services, ...

Jewelers of America (JA) and Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA) will join forces, encouraging an integrated approach to industry growth by uniting the cutting and retail sectors.

Mouawad toi et moi ring with a 5.03-carat, fancy-intense-blue diamond and 5.13-carat, fancy-purple-pink diamond, which sold at Bonhams in 2024 for just under GBP 3 million ($3.8 million). (Bonhams) ...

Main image: A model wears huge pearls as accessories on the Chanel catwalk. (Chanel) Jewels as clothing . Sarah Burton’s debut collection for Givenchy at the autumn-winter shows in Paris looked beyond ...