Category Archives: International Gem & Jewelry News

ALROSA ANNOUNCES HOLDING OF ROUGH AND POLISHED DIAMOND AUCTIONS AT HONG KONG DIAMOND, GEM & PEARL SHOW

In a press release dated 20th February 2018, ALROSA, the world’s leading diamond mining company has announced plans for the holding of two diamond auctions, at the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show, the World’s largest Gem & Jewelry Market Place, organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) taking place from […]

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 […]

WORLD’S LARGEST JEWELLERY MARKET PLACE OPENS IN HONG KONG ON 27TH FEBRUARY, 2018

The 5th Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show and the 35th Hong Kong International Jewellery Show organized by The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and held under the concept of “2 shows 2 venues” for the 5th year, will be held between 27th February 2018 and 5th March 2018. The show that […]

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 […]

ALROSA SUBSIDIARY BOUREVESTNIK INC. INSTALLS 27 X-RAY DIAMOND SORTING MACHINES AT CULLINAN MINE

In a press release dated 29th January 2018, ALROSA , the world’s leading diamond mining company, announced that its subsidiary company, the Saint Petersburg based Bourevestnik Inc., the world’s biggest designers and manufacturers of X-ray sorters for enrichment of diamond bearing ore and X-ray analytical instruments for various industries and applications, had supplied and commissioned […]

PRICES OF BLUE DIAMONDS INCREASE WHILE PINK AND YELLOW DIAMONDS DECREASE IN 2017

The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF), an organization committed to the empowerment of fancy color diamond sellers by improving consumer experience through a new information channel and providing fact-based support for fancy color diamonds as an asset class, has released its Q4 2017 report in a press release dated 1st February, 2018.   According to […]

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 […]

ALROSA AND GfK SURVEY REVEAL CHINESE WILLING TO BUY MORE DIAMOND JEWELRY THAN AMERICANS FOR THE YEAR 2018

A comparative research study conducted by ALROSA, the world leader in diamond mining and the renowned market research company GfK on the behavior and consumption patterns of diamond consumers in the United States and China, two of the world’s leading diamond consumers, has yielded some very interesting results. While presently, the USA is the world’s […]

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