Facets Sri Lanka 2017, the 27th edition of Sri Lanka’s Premier International Gem & Jewellery Show, eagerly awaited by all stakeholders in the international gem and jewelry trade and industry, is scheduled to take place from August 31, 2017 to September 3, 2017 at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition and Convention Centre, situated adjacent to […]

In a Press Release dated August 6, 2017, Sarine Technologies Ltd, the Israeli-based Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Company, the worldwide leader in the development and manufacture and sale of cutting edge precision technology products for evaluation, planning, cutting, shaping, polishing and grading systems for diamond and gemstone production, announced its financial results s for the second […]

In a Press Release dated August 1, 2017, Alrosa, the World’s leading producer of rough diamonds, has announced the unveiling of a unique collection of five finished diamonds, processed at its modern cutting and polishing facilities, christened the “Dynasty Collection,” at an event held at Moscow’s Four Seasons Hotel on August 01, 2017. The five […]

In a press release dated July 25, 2017, the New York based World Diamond Council (WDC), an organization including all stakeholders in the diamond industry, and committed to preventing conflict diamonds from entering the legitimate global diamond supply chain and protecting the value of natural diamonds, announced that it will be holding its 13th Annual […]

Sarine Technologies Ltd, the Israeli-based, Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Company, established in 1988, the worldwide leader in the development and manufacture and sale of advanced, cutting edge, state-of-the-art evaluation, planning, cutting, shaping, polishing and grading systems for diamond and gemstone production, in a press release dated July 23, 2017 has announced the arrest in Tel Aviv […]

Italian Exhibition Group, organizers of the VICENZAORO September jewelry show in association with the CIBJO, the World Jewelry Confederation, have decided to hold a seminar during the period of the September, 2017 show, to educate members of the jewelry trade, on the impact of the new EU regulations pertaining to minerals entering the European Union, […]

HRD Antwerp in a press release dated 12th July, 2017, announced that two large, near-colorless rough stones weighing 50.08 ct and 38.18 ct, submitted to their research department for identification and quality assessment, were actually found to be cheap Topaz and not diamonds, as the owner of the stones was made to believe. Colorless topaz […]

In a press release dated, July 6, 2017, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings has announced the upgrading of Russian Diamond Miner ALROSA’s credit rating to BB+, Outlook Stable, following strong operational and financial performance. The agency’s previous long-term corporate credit rating for Alrosa, was BB and the upgrading was a reflection of Standard & […]

In a Press Release dated July 10, 2017, ALROSA Group, the World’s leading producer of diamonds, has announced the results of their diamond sales for the month of June, as well as the results of total sales for the first-half of year 2017. According to the release, ALROSA Group had sold US$ 365 million worth […]