The R&M “Lettre”

“Beyond these chaotic rocks and ramparts that make up the citadel, and which silently descend all the way down, the outer wall of the city – the crenellated wall maintained by the Nizam – snakes off into the distance as it continues to draw the outlines of what was Golconda, Golconda of the marvelous diamonds.” […]

De Beers has stripped around 10 sightholders of their rough-diamond allocations for 2025 and is planning to offer fewer goods overall, market insiders told Rapaport News on Sunday.  Those companies will retain their sightholder status, but the miner will not give them a consistent allotment of supply because they did not buy enough in 2024, the sources […]

Botswana’s outgoing President Mokgweetsi Masisi made quite an impression when he was introduced to the diamond industry at the 2019 JCK Las Vegas show.  Just one year in office, the well-spoken leader proved to be an eloquent and powerful advocate for natural diamonds. He told the American audience about the impact their industry has on […]

Three antique diamond necklaces have exceeded their high auction estimate. These pieces are more than mere jewels; they bear witness to our history and to a unique jewelry art. Diamonds are appreciated not only for their beauty, authenticity and incomparable shine, but their rare nature has always made them an investment object throughout the ages. […]

Geopolitical and economic forces are disrupting the industry, but there’s opportunity to be had in the decline of retailers’ synthetic margins, diamond-jewelry resale and a $72 trillion inheritance boom. The diamond markets are in crisis as we enter a period of great transformation. While it is important to remain optimistic, we must also be realistic […]

Rapaport Magazine breaks down the leading options on the market, from physical tracers to user-driven blockchains. Technology firms have been tackling the challenge of diamond traceability for many years. Now that interest in tracking systems is growing, tech providers are pushing their solutions, which tend to fall into three categories: systems that match the diamond […]

The drop in diamond recoveries is a response to market conditions, but also a reflection of diminishing prospects for viable new mines. Diamond miners are postponing sales and reviewing their production plans amid the weak market environment. “We have taken the proactive decision to defer the upcoming August-September tender from our South African operations, to […]

Louis Vuitton unveils the campaign for its new High Jewelry collection ‘Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds,’ embodied by Louis Vuitton Ambassador, Ana de Armas. The new Louis Vuitton campaign comprises three visuals, one of which reveals the most astonishing diamond of all the high jewelry collections presented in June. This colored diamond is extremely rare, not […]

It is rare to find photographs of ‘rough diamonds’ of a fine jewelry quality on the internet. Rough diamonds are stones in their natural state as they are found in the earth before being cut and polished to become the jewels that you know. Rubel & Ménasché is proud to present an exceptional photo to […]

At the annual conference of the WFDB (World Federation of Diamond Bourses), which brought together the Chairs of the world’s diamond bourses in Shanghai in March, expert Avi Krawitz gave an assessment of how the diamond market has evolved over the last 20 years. Exploring the complex interactions between economics, geopolitics, market fluctuations, new practices […]

On Monday, De Beers’ customers turned up at the first day of the miner’s January sight to find rough prices were down by an average of 10% to 15%. The reductions were more drastic than many had predicted.

De Beers has kept rough-diamond prices steady since July despite the market downturn. Rapaport News Editor Joshua Freedman asks whether the world’s largest diamond miner by value will change its strategy in the New Year.