Botswana’s minerals and energy minister visited the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) this week to thank 18 of its member companies for providing the African country with humanitarian aid. After ...

The rise in gold prices has forced up the cost of jewelry and led consumers to opt for lab-grown diamonds, bespoke retailer Alexandra Beth Samit said on the latest Rapaport Diamond Podcast. “It really ...

The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA) has identified the six Kimberley Process (KP) members that vetoed the proposed new conflict-diamond definition last week. The participants at the KP ...

The tariff cut that the US recently agreed to apply to imports from Switzerland could take effect as soon as December. The Trump administration has said it could take between 10 and 12 days to ...

Canada-based miner Star Diamond has named a new chairman and interim CEO as part of a shake-up of its top team. The company has appointed Wayne Malouf, a director since August of this year, as ...

Hong Kong jeweler Luk Fook is expecting to report a revenue and profit spike for the first half of the fiscal year, it said in an update. Although the company has not yet finalized the results for the ...

The Kimberley Process (KP) failed to reach a consensus on broadening the definition of conflict diamonds at last week’s plenary in Dubai, according to industry organizations. “While not unexpected, it ...

Swiss watch exports dropped in October as orders from the US normalized following a tariff-induced bump earlier this year. Shipments of luxury timepieces fell 4.4% to CHF 2.2 billion ($2.73 billion) ...

What does sustainability mean in 2025? “Nothing — literally,” says Tiffany Stevens. “The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hasn’t been able to commit to a definition and probably won’t anytime soon with ...

Last year, British jeweler Boodles inked a deal with Rio Tinto to gain direct access to diamonds from the latter’s Diavik mine in Canada, as well as to the remaining pink diamonds from the miner’s now ...

Rio Tinto has unearthed a purple diamond weighing 0.45 carats at its Diavik mine, an unusual find at a site that generally produces white stones. A trace element like hydrogen or a twist in the ...

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is launching a new marketing campaign for natural diamonds that centers around a gumball machine full of synthetics that can be “won” for five euros, in an ...