The American Gem Society (AGS) Laboratories, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, whose Diamond-grading reports enjoy universal acceptance, is due to open its first-ever New York Diamond District take-in window, on March 12, 2014, at the Brinks offices, located at 580, 5th Ave, Suite 400 in Manhattan. This is in response to numerous requests from AGS […]
Reuven Kaufman, president of the New York Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) announced on February 28, 2014, as part of DDC’s commitment to open new trading opportunities for its members, DDC New York will for the first time take part in the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show to be held from March 3-7, […]
Popular online jewelry industry news magazine, www.jckonline.com in a news article dated February 28, 2014, under the headline – “Sotheby’s : Big Pink Didn’t Sell After All” has revealed the sensational news that the record-breaking sale of the 59.60-carat, internally flawless, fancy vivid pink, type IIa “Pink Star” aka the “Steinmetz Pink” diamond for a […]
In a Press Release dated February 20, 2014 Lucara Diamond Corp. a member of the Lundin Group of Companies based in Vancouer, Canada and owner of the Karowe mine in Botswana and the Mothae mine in Lesotho, reported strong 2013 full year results, with a total revenue of $180.5 million from diamond sales that achieved […]
Kimberley Diamond Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of Goodrich Resources, a company based in Sydney, who acquired the Ellendale Diamond Mine situated in the West Kimberly Region of Western Australia, from Gem Diamonds Ltd. in February 2013, announced recently its plans to recommence mining at Ellendale’s E4 mine this year, which was hitherto under care […]
The Gems and Jewellery sector of India contributing to 6%-7% of the country’s GDP, and generating large scale employment and foreign exchange earnings has shown a decline in exports during the last 12 months, since the introduction of measures by the Government and the Reserve Bank of India to curb gold imports with a view […]
Following the signing of the Impact Benefit Agreement between the Gahcho Kué Joint Venture and the Tlicho Government, on January 24, 2014, enabling the company to start construction work at the proposed Gahcho Kué open-pit mine, joint venture partners of the project De Beers Canada Inc. and Mountain Province Diamonds have announced the signing of […]
The GIA working in association with the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), committed to enforcing its stand of “zero tolerance” in the non-disclosure of synthetic diamonds, offered its latest invention by its research scientists, the user-friendly DiamondCheck machine to all member bourses of the WFDB, free-of-charge, to enable them tackle this menacing problem and […]
HKTDC HONG INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND, GEMS & PEARL SHOW is to be held from 3 – 7 MARCH 2014. Exhibitor application forms are available from the website of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority, Sri Lanka. EXHIBITION-APPLICATION-FORM The first ever (Inaugural) HKTDC Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show will be held alongside the 31st edition […]
UK-based mining giant Anglo-American, listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchange, with a portfolio spanning iron-ore, manganese, metallurgical and thermal coal, copper, nickel, niobium, phosphates, platinum and diamond, released their 2013 preliminary operating and financial review for the financial year 2013, on February 14, 2014. Overall, Anglo-American announced underlying earnings of $2.7 billion with […]