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Press release – The 2022 Kimberley Process Meeting ended successfully in the early hours of November 5, after a compromise proposal offered by the World Diamond Council managed to break an impasse that could have prevented the gathering dispersing without issuing a Final Communiqué.
Attempts to discuss Russia at the annual Kimberley Process (KP) plenary failed after the organization received differing views on whether the matter was under its remit.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will become chair of the Kimberley Process (KP) in 2024, trade leaders in Dubai announced following the organization’s plenary meeting.
Press release – Due to launch to the broader market in 2023, automated melee screening and verification of large volumes of melee will be possible down to a tenth of a point in size (0.001 carats).
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has appointed World Diamond Council (WDC) president Edward Asscher as vice chairman at its first in-person board meeting since the start of the pandemic.
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has joined the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 (WJI 2030) and will work with the group to develop environmental, social and governance (ESG) content for education programs.
On Oct. 18, the American Gem Society’s grading lab, AGS Laboratories, announced that it will close at the end of 2022, with GIA taking over its intellectual property, technology, as well as its Las Vegas location, which it will use as a research facility.
A Canadian jeweler has won a huge audience on TikTok and Instagram with viral videos that test whether a diamond is real.
Coomiap is a small village in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—and it may even be a stretch to call it a village. It’s built entirely around the local mine after which it’s named.
Belgian manufacturer HB Antwerp has unveiled a digitally secured diamond vault for individual stones, claiming the device ensures origin verification and protects goods from tampering.
On September 9, during the VincenzaOro trade show in Italy, the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 announced that two new affiliate members, the UFBJOP and the CIBJO, had joined. To better understand the rationale behind the WJI2030, the specific characteristics of the French jewelry industry and its CSR and sustainability challenges, Rubel & Ménasché interviewed […]
The Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 (WJI) has admitted nine new members as it expands its work to ensure sustainability in the industry.
