The R&M “Lettre”

De Beers raised its diamond output in the fourth quarter of 2021 in response to buoyant demand that has put pressure on rough supply.

Alrosa has retooled its method for bringing diamonds to market, shaving 15 to 25 days off the time lag between processing and sales.

The International Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) labs have recently examined the largest lab-grown diamonds they have ever seen grown with the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) methods.

Rory Moore has worked at Ekati, the first diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, on and off for years. He was part of the original crew that first developed the mine in the 1990s. In 2018, he rejoined what was then called Dominion Diamond. He then became its interim president in January 2020, and in […]

India’s polished-diamond exports rose 3% year on year to $1.77 billion in December as the market continued to strengthen during the climax of the holiday season.

The massive natural fancy black diamond will be offered without reserve at Sotheby’s next month.

Alrosa is to expand its sale of polished fancy color diamonds direct to wealthy individuals.

Press relase – ALROSA reports preliminary rough and polished sales results for 2021.

Press release – De Beers Group [announced on December 22] the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for the tenth sales cycle of 2021.

A new year, a new way of doing business. Alrosa introduced changes on 1 January which will, it says, provide buyers with more of what they want, and less of what they don’t.

De Beers, Alrosa and Rio Tinto have released their schedules for this year’s contract sales, at which the miners offer the majority of their rough supply.

Low-value stones are the latest hot commodity among jewelers and manufacturers alike, but the rampant demand has been driving up prices and making these goods harder to find.