Author Archives: Mr Lareef Samad

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK SPRING FINE JEWELS SALE APRIL 19, 2018

Sotheby’s New York Spring Fine Jewels Sale to be held at their sales center in New York on Thursday, April 19, 2018 features a range of moderately priced jewels suited for any style or occasion, catering to a wider range of prospective customers, from as low as USD 400 – 600 to a high of […]

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK MAGNIFICENT JEWELS SPRING SALE APRIL 18, 2018

Sotheby’s New York has announced the holding of its New York Magnificent Jewels Spring Sale on April 18, 2018, at 10.00 AM, at their New York Seventh-Floor Sales Center in the 10-storey headquarters situated at York Avenue, Manhattan, New York. The auction will be preceded by the exhibition of the lots at the same venue, […]

GEM DIAMONDS COMES OUT OF THE RED IN 2017

London-listed Gem Diamonds Limited (LSE: GEMD), a leading producer of high-value diamonds in the world and the owners of Letšeng Mine in Lesotho and the Ghagoo Mine in Botswana, has announced the recovery of the Company from a loss making concern in 2016 to a profit making venture in the year 2017. Whereas in the […]

ALROSA’S ROUGH DIAMOND RESERVES GROW TO 1.2 BILLION CARATS BY THE END OF 2017

ALROSA Group, the world’s largest diamond mining company, in a press release dated March 6, 2018, reviewed the results of geological prospecting during the year 2017. According to this review total diamond reserves, increased by 57.8 million carats during the year 2017, taking into account the explored deposits under the National Reserves Committee standards, while […]

152-CARAT TOP COLOR TYPE IIa DIAMOND RECOVERED AT GEM DIAMONDS LETSENG

In a Press Release dated, Wednesday, 7 March 2018, London-listed Gem Diamonds Limited (LSE: GEMD), a leading producer of high-value diamonds in the world and the owners of Letšeng Mine in Lesotho and the Ghagoo Mine in Botswana, has announced the recovery of a 152 carat, white, top-color/D-color, Type IIa rough diamond, from their Letšeng […]

61st BANGKOK GEM AND JEWELRY FAIR OPENS ON FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The 61st Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair (BGJF) under the theme “Heritage & Craftsmanship, held at the Challenger Hall 1-3, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, from February 21 – 25, 2018 was opened by the Minister of Commerce of Thailand, Sontirat Sontijirawong. The fair held under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce’s Department of […]

FIRST BHARAT DIAMOND WEEK ORGANIZED BY BDB KICKS OFF ON APRIL 23, 2018

The Bharat Diamond Bourse, the world’s largest diamond bourse, a multistoried complex with a floor area of over 2 million sq, ft. housing 2,500 diamond offices and situated at Bandra East, Mumbai, has announced the holding of its first ever international diamond week, christened, BHARAT DIAMOND WEEK, from April 23 to 25, 2018. India being […]

GIA IDENTIFIES SYNTHETIC MOISSANITE SUBMITTED FOR CERTIFICATION AS NATURAL DIAMOND

The Gemological Institute of America in its Winter 2017 Issue of its journal GEMS & GEMOLOGY, under the regular feature LAB NOTES, covering the latest advances and findings from GIA laboratories, has published an article by the Institute’s staff gemologist Rebecca Tsang titled “Synthetic Moissanite Imitating Rough Diamond” in which she reveals that the Carlsbad […]

GEM DIAMONDS REALIZE AVERAGE PPC VALUE OF USD 2,217 FOR Q4 2017

In a press release dated 2nd February 2016, London-listed Gem Diamonds Ltd., a leading producer of high-value diamonds in the world and the owners of Letšeng Mine in Lesotho and the Ghagoo Mine in Botswana, has released its trading update for Q4 2017 detailing the Group’s operational and sales performance for the period from 1 […]

ALROSA RECOVERS 97.92-CARAT AND 85.62-CARAT OCTAHEDRAL ROUGH DIAMONDS AT YUBILEYNAYA DIAMOND MINE

In a press release dated 1st February 2018, ALROSA, the world’s leading diamond mining company has announced the recovery in January 2018 of two significantly large gem-quality natural octahedral-shaped rough diamonds, weighing 97.92 carats and 85.62 carats, from its Yubileynaya (Jubilee) Diamond Mine, the world’s biggest diamond mine, situated in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic of […]

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