The National Diamond Council (NDC) has appointed Susie Dewey as its chief marketing officer, in an effort to strengthen its global presence. In her new role, Dewey will lead the international ...

Current and former members of the diamond industry are vying to acquire the miner. How will the sale impact the market? Apart from “A Diamond Is Forever,” beacon campaigns, marketing, research, ...

Doug Hucker has retired as CEO of the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA), following a nearly four-year tenure. Hucker, who departed with immediate effect, saw the ICA through its ...

Prices of polished diamonds passing through Antwerp began a gradual recovery in the first quarter, rising 12% year on year. While the price of rough fell 27% over the same period, down to $72 per ...

Sales at Chow Tai Fook fell slightly in the fourth fiscal quarter, even as increased demand in Hong Kong offset weakness in China. “The fourth quarter unfolded amid heightened external uncertainties ...

Christie’s will offer the Ocean Dream, the largest existing blue-green diamond, at its upcoming Geneva jewelry sale, expecting it will fetch up to CHF 10 million ($12.8 million). Set in a ring, the ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

As Guy Borenstein gears up for Stuller’s Bench Jeweler Workshop in March, there’s one hot topic that will be addressed for the fifth consecutive year: synthetic diamonds. There’s no shortage of ...

Rifle through the jewelry boxes of previous generations, and you’ll find hand-cut mined gems in 18-karat gold, strands of natural pearls, and maybe a hand-carved cameo or micromosaic brooch. Today’s ...

The diamond-manufacturing industry has made significant strides in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into scanning, planning, polishing, quality control, and other elements of the process.

Last year, British jeweler Boodles inked a deal with Rio Tinto to gain direct access to diamonds from the latter’s Diavik mine in Canada, as well as to the remaining pink diamonds from the miner’s now ...

In the past, jewelry clients would rank authenticity, value, durability and rarity as essential qualities when deciding on a diamond or gemstone, with mine-to-market traceability being desirable but ...