DIAMOND GEMS WEEKLY

An improvement in diamond jewelry sales at retail should have a knock-on effect to stimulate polished trading and rough buying. With the...

US Retail Offers Hope for Recovery The third-quarter operations updates the mining companies and Hong Kong-based retail jewelers...

Diamond Gems Weekly - November 18 I’m back…from my travels to South Africa and Dubai, and an unplanned one-week hiatus from writing this...

Diamond Gems Weekly - November 4 I sure hope you all had a relaxing weekend and a fabulous Diwali festival for those who celebrate!  ...

Botswana’s outgoing President Mokgweetsi Masisi made quite an impression when he was introduced to the diamond industry at the 2019 JCK...

Diamond Gems Weekly - October 28 Yes, I know, I’ve been harping on about earnings season for several weeks. But we really are in the...

Diamond Minute We recently got some revealing feedback from Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group and Lukfook Group, two of the largest jewelry...

Diamond Minute Rio Tinto’s diamond production fell 28% in the third quarter, as its Diavik mine in Canada transitions to underground...

Diamond Gems Weekly - October 21 Earnings season has begun. For my fellow diamond and data geeks that means we’ll be getting the lowdown...

De Beers, Signet Jewelers Unveil Joint Marketing Campaign De Beers Group and Signet Jewelers have unveiled their much-awaited joint ad...

Will Marketing Save the Diamond Industry? There is a sense of urgency to promote natural diamonds this holiday season.   With market...

Diamonds Gems Weekly - October 14 Somehow, I find myself writing in an airport again. After years scribbling final copy in obscure...

De Beers has informed clients that it will reduce the number of sightholders in the next contract period as it anticipates a decline in...

Sotheby's auctioned jewelry from the collection of Dame Shirley Bassey tomorrow as part of its Fine Jewels sale in Paris. Of course, it...

Diamond Gems Weekly - October 7 To start on a personal note, my thoughts and prayers are with the hostages, victims and their families of...

While there are areas of the diamond market that give cause for optimism, there are well known shortcomings. What are we to make of these...

Diamond Gems Weekly - September 30 VicenzaOro unleashes creativity, the Hong Kong show proves predictably dreary, De Beers resumes its...

Editorial / Opinion: Graders at an IGI laboratory. (Credit: IGI). Should lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) be graded in the same manner as...

Major diamond miners and marketers are collaborating with retail jewelers to promote natural diamonds. Can De Beers, the Natural Diamond...

Diamond Gems Weekly - September 23 The diamond and jewelry industry sure keeps us on our toes. Last week our attention squared on Hong...