The exceptional 29.6-carat blue diamond described as an outstanding vivid blue with extraordinary saturation, tone and clarity, and whose recovery at the Cullinan Mine was announced by Petra Diamonds on January 21, 2014, has now been sold for a whopping US$ 25.6 million, at a recent tender of the company, according to a press release […]
London-listed Gem Diamonds Ltd. the leading producer of high-value large top-color diamonds in the world today, from its open-pit Letseng la Terai Mine, situated at Lesotho, announced on February 13, 2014, the recovery of two more large and exceptional diamonds at the mine towards the end of January 2014, each weighing around 162 carats. The […]
The inaugural Dubai Global Gem & Jewelry Fair (GGJF) a joint initiative of the Gem & Jewelry Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) and the Dubai Multi-Commodities Center (DMCC), supported by the Dubai Gold & Jewelry Group (DGJG) will be held at Atlantis, The Palm, the majestic 5-star hotel, situated on the iconic Palm Island, […]
The De Beers Group of Companies announced on February 5, 2014 that it has made three new appointments to its Executive Committee with immediate effect. Accordingly, Executive Vice President of Global Sightholder Sales, Paul Rowley; Executive Vice President of Auction Sales, Neil Ventura; and CEO of Debswana Balisi Bonyongo, will join the Executive Committee, bringing […]
The De Beers annual cocktail party and dinner was held on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 at the Gabarone International Conference Center, attended by top officials of the Government of Botswana, headed by the Honorabe Vice-President, who was also the Chief Guest/Guest-of-Honor at the occasion, and included several other Honourable Ministers, Permanent Secretaries to the President […]
De Beers Canada Inc. and Mountain Province Diamonds, joint venture partners of the Gahcho Kué Project announced on January 27, 2014, that De Beers the operator of the Gahcho Kué Project had signed an Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) with the Tlicho Government, representing the Dene Aboriginal Canadian People, living in the project area in the […]
The first DiamondCheck machine, the user-friendly 100% accurate synthetic diamond detector, developed by researches at the Gemological Institute of America led by Dr. Wuyi Wang, GIA’s director of research and development, was donated to the Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) of New York, and installed on their trading floor on Thursday, January 30, 2014, to be […]
A phenomenal increase in the import of Lab-grown diamonds by Surat, from just below $3 million in 2008 to $83 million in 2013, has become a cause of concern to the regulatory authorities of the gem and jewelry industry in India, including the Gems and Jewelry Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), in the wake of reports […]
Lucapa Diamond Company Ltd based in Perth, Western Australia, and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: LOM), suspended the trading of its stock for the second time in a month, after the breaking of the news that the company had recovered an exceptionally large diamond, at its Lulo Diamond Concession in Angola. The Type […]
In the fight against non-disclosure of lab-grown/synthetic diamonds by unscruplous diamond dealers, and the tendency to mix such diamonds with natural diamond parcels, researchers at the Gemological Institute of America, led by Dr. Wuyi Wang, GIA’s director of research and development, has developed a 100% accurate synthetic diamond detector, that has the ability to determine […]