Gem Diamonds signs off 2018 with 125ct. find
Gem Diamonds has recovered a 125-carat diamond at its Letšeng mine in Lesotho, bringing the company’s annual haul of 100-carat-plus stones to 15.
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De Beers rough diamond sales for cycle 10, 2017
De Beers Group today announced the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for the ninth sales cycle of 2017.
Planned 5% VAT on loose diamonds continues to creates waves in India and UAE
A proposed new 5% value added tax (VAT) on loose rough and polished diamonds in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to start being imposed next January has created huge waves both in the UAE and in India which imports and exports from Dubai.
Synthetic diamonds: legitimize, don’t ostracize
Traders of mined diamonds are divided over how to best respond to the growth of their laboratory-grown counterparts. Last week, India’s Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) became the second exchange to ban trading of man-made diamonds, ignoring a section of the industry
Diamond crisis looms?
Disturbing events are said to be currently unsettling the diamond trade locally and internationally. Things are happening in the diamond industry.
Bumper or Bump?
When I read about ‘bumper years’ I always get a bit nervous unless the pronouncement takes place on the 31st December and refers to the previous twelve months and is not some Delphic pronouncement looking into the future.
