Lucapa Diamond Company in a press release dated May 19, 2015, announced the sale of a fourth parcel of diamonds from its Lulo Diamond Concession in Angola, realizing gross proceeds of A$2.9 million (US$2.3 million), as alluvial mining operations at the project continue to expand further. The average price-per-carat of the 1,539-carat parcel works out […]
Author Archives: Shereen Lareef
Association between certain plant species and specific minerals in the soil have been known since medieval times, as in the case of Sweden, where plants have been used to locate sources of copper. Botanists and Geologists have also known for a long time that certain plant species have adapted themselves to grow in certain soil […]
On the second day of the CIBJO Congress which is underway in Salvador, in the Brazilian State of Bahia, the CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has released a special report, covering the organisation’s activities and issues on the industry agenda. The President’s report covers a wide range of subjects, including the state of small and medium-sized […]
The Israeli Diamond Industry will once again be among the largest international exhibitor groups, at the forthcoming JCK Las Vegas Show taking place from May 29 to June 1, 2015, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. According to the Israeli Diamond Institute (IDI) nearly a hundred Israeli diamond companies will […]
Susie Clark of Evening Shade, Arkansas, had first visited the Crater of Diamonds State Park as a kid, 33 years ago in the company of her mother and grandmother from Germany. In mid-April this year she decided to pay a return visit to the Park in the company of her husband, and try their luck […]
The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), a DMCC platform and the only diamond exchange in the Arab World affiliated to the World Federation of Diamond Bourses, announced on February 16, 2015 that the two-day Second Dubai Diamond Conference, scheduled to be held from April 21-22, 2015, will be officially opened by Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, Former […]
De Beers Group Chief Executive Philippe Mellier addressing a Sightholder reception on Tuesday night in Gabarone coinciding with the first De Beers Sight for 2015, said that maintaining success in the diamond industry is dependent upon investment to sustain supply, finance and demand, a task towards which the company had dedicated itself in the recent […]
Following Sotheby’s highly successful Hong Kong Fine Jewels & Jadeite Sale held in December 2013, the auction house has announced the holding of the much anticipated event for this year, on Thursday, November 27, 2014 at their Hong Kong Gallery, 5/F One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong at 2.30 PM HKT. The auction will […]
In a news release dated April 16, 2014, the authorities of the Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas, announced the discovery of a significant white diamond weighing 6.19 carats, the largest white diamond discovered in three years, since the 8.66-carat, Illusion Diamond was discovered in April 2011 by Beth Gilbertson of Salida, Colorado. The marquise-shaped, […]
Mr Hasitha Tillekeratne, the Chairman/C.E.O of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA) said that, for the first time the “Sri Lanka Pavilion” was organized at the Shenzhen Gold, Jewellery and Gem Show 2010. It was held at Shenzhen city in China from the 9th to the 12 of March 2010. According to the Daily […]