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De Beers used to spread the message that “A Diamond Is Forever” around Grand Central Station at holiday time, appealing to the 750,000+ commuters crisscrossing the classic transit hub every day.
Press release – Still hopeful scope of Kimberley Process will be expanded during coming year. WDC Urges Kimberley Process Participants to Support the Expansion of the Definition of Conflict Diamonds Ahead of the 2019 Plenary Meeting in India.
Press release – ALROSA experts completed forming the list of environment protection activities for 2019.The main features of the program – protection of atmospheric air and water resources, waste disposal, land protection and rehabilitation – were expanded
Apple chief design officer Sir Jony Ive and celebrated designer Marc Newson have created the (RED) diamond, an all-lab-diamond ring that will be sold by Sotheby’s in Miami on Dec. 5 as part of the third (RED) Auction during Design Miami.
The Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF) debuted a contest today targeting millennial couples whose proposal involved a diamond engagement ring.
Lab-grown diamonds will feature at some of the largest US retailers this holiday season, with J.C. Penney, Macy’s and Jewelry Television (JTV) anticipating strong growth in the category.
Press release – Tracr, the end-to-end diamond industry blockchain traceability platform being developed by De Beers Group in collaboration with industry stakeholders, is pleased to announce that Alrosa has joined the platform’s pilot programme.
Press release – GIA (Gemological Institute of America) announced today that Alrosa, the world’s largest producer of rough diamonds, is piloting in the Institute’s M2M program.
An independent diamond industry analyst and consultant said although exceptional and ‘one-off’ diamonds are hard to assign a value to them, the Pink Legacy will likely fetch $2.64 million per carat when it goes under the hammer next month in Geneva.
Press release – Long before there was life on Earth, there were diamonds. Most were created one to three billion years ago.
De Beers’ first announcement of its lab-grown diamond line set the jewelry world on fire. But the week of the 24th September Lightbox Jewelry debuted, and the world still seems mostly the same.
The Indian government’s decision to raise the import duty on cut and polished diamonds, semi-processed stones, half cut or broken diamonds and lab-grown stones and processed colored gemstones to 7.5 percent from 5 percent was exactly the type of news the industry on sub-continent could do without.
