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De Beers Group was in the news this week. 85% shareholder Anglo American published its fourth quarter and full year production report this week, which gave us a gentle reminder as to the declines experienced in the diamond market in 2023. Here are the key De Beers numbers: – Sales volume -19% to 27.4 million […]
Neither Louis Braille – who invented tactile writing for the blind in 1821 – nor Samuel Morse – who developed Morse code in the 1930s – could have imagined that their avant-garde idea would one day be used to write messages in diamonds. However, that’s the brilliant idea of a group of designers spotted by […]
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury goods group, recorded revenue of €86.2 billion in 2023, equating to organic growth of 13% with respect to 2022.
Israeli lab-grown diamond producer Lusix made a splash when it entered the jewelry business in 2022—with a large presence at JCK Las Vegas and the announcement that LVMH Luxury Ventures had contributed to a funding round.
Rapaport’s “People of the Year” reflect the broad range of challenges affecting the trade — and some of the solutions.
As with every year, we have compiled our list of the diamonds that made headlines in 2023, including five rough stones that miners unearthed and five polished pieces that appeared at auction.
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.
Impactful leadership: The executive director and secretary-general of the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 discusses mentoring, gender equality, and tackling global problems.
Revenue at Richemont’s jewelry brands advanced in the third fiscal quarter as demand grew in China, Hong Kong and the US.
Tenoris CEO Edahn Golan’s review of the US jewelry market’s performance in 2023: a mixed bag of results.
Italian gemological lab Gem-Tech has warned the trade that a number of lab-grown diamonds circulating in the country are being sold as natural.
The facility is located in Sarine’s office building in Surat. The Gem Certification & Assurance Laboratory, which was acquired by Sarine last year, has opened a laboratory in the diamond manufacturing hub of Surat, India. Don and Pamela Palmieri founded New York-based GCAL in 2001.
