04/01/2022
• Richard Chiu
The Israeli diamond industry has seen an impressive recovery in 2021 from a COVID-induced slump with net exports for polished diamonds totaling $US3.65 billion ($AU5 billion).
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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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28/01/2020
• Arabella Roden • Former editor
Swarovski has expanded its lab-created diamond range, introducing a collection of fancy colours at Couture Fashion Week in Paris.
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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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07/12/2018
Six months after De Beer’s surprised the international jewellery industry by entering the synthetic diamond market, we explore whether the decision was a strategic move to ensure competitor innovation did not become blanket disruption or whether De Beers finally saw the light and realised lab-grown diamonds are not a menace after all? Perhaps it’s even a little bit of both, or perhaps it doesn’t really matter anyway! Our Great Diamond Debate might help you decide.
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21/08/2018
• Jeweller Staff
Diamond manufacturers Dharmanandan Diamonds announced earlier this month it would distribute a range of new diamond cuts, which the company claims to be the “world’s brightest diamond[s]”.
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29/05/2017
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
Under a new pilot program, De Beers Group will start selling its polished diamonds through the group’s online auction business.
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01/05/2017
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
The Federal Government is consulting members of the jewellery industry in order to assess the potential costs and benefits of an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime.
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12/12/2016
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
Following a five-month trial, the GIA has introduced its Melee Analysis Service in an attempt to address concerns about undisclosed synthetic and treated diamonds.
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12/07/2016
• Lewis Dyson • Staff Journalist
After his businesses were placed in liquidation with debts of nearly $7 million, news has now emerged that a diamond dealer has filed bankruptcy proceedings against the director of Bensimon Retail Group.
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15/06/2016
• Lewis Dyson • Staff Journalist
The head of the De Beers Group is stepping down after five years in charge and just weeks after signing a record sales agreement.
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03/05/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Reports from De Beers Group’s new grading service will now be listed on the RapNet online diamond trading platform, along with those from another laboratory that has ties to EGL USA.
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15/03/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses has announced a number of strategies relating to marketing and trading in an attempt to strengthen the diamond sector.
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22/02/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
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02/02/2016
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Following a controversial year in the global diamond industry, the head of Rapaport Group has indicated the market is showing signs of recovery but warns that the mistakes of 2015 must not be repeated.
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