Anglo American chose a consortium led by Gareth Penny, former De Beers CEO, as the top candidate to buy the company, Moeti Mohwasa, Botswana’s minister for state president, defense and security ...

Market and sentiment improving. Buyers more confident, and sellers firmer on prices of sought-after goods amid shortages. Good demand for round, 0.30 to 0.50 ct. diamonds. 1 ct. stabilizing. US ...

Sales of hard-luxury goods in Hong Kong rose further in May as most categories enjoyed gains, with demand showing improvement. Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and valuable gifts jumped 26% year ...

The 2026 Rapaport State of the Industry Breakfast at JCK outlined a bold new direction for the diamond trade. Featuring insights from Rapaport CEO Dan Mano, CMO Benzi Kluwgant, CRO Jeremy Werblowsky, ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) plans to introduce cut grades for marquise-, oval- and pear-shaped diamonds next year, marking a long-awaited development for the market. The diamond ...

An emerald and diamond necklace led the recent Bonhams auction in Hong Kong, where it fetched HKD 6.1 million ($778,404). The jewel, from around 1950, features alternating old European, round ...

Alrosa’s supervisory board has approved a new project for promoting natural diamonds, which will run through 2030. The program is aimed at generating sustainable long-term demand for natural diamonds ...

Botswana has a problem: US consumers don’t know diamonds come from there. They might not even know where it is. That’s why the African nation has exhibited at three consecutive JCK Las Vegas shows, ...

The Russian Federation has issued new guidelines for synthetic diamonds, to distinguish more clearly between lab-grown and natural stones. Lab-grown diamonds set in jewelry should be labeled ...

Christie’s sold a multi-gem ring featuring a 14.26-carat yellow diamond for HKD 1.5 million ($194,470) at its recent auction in Hong Kong. The piece features a round brilliant-cut, 14.26-carat, ...

The amount consumers are shelling out on natural diamonds has increased over the past two years, as has the average size they are buying, according to a new report from De Beers. Women in the US spent ...

The “Pearls as One” course launched in 2016 — on a side note, we are revamping that course, and it will be ready by the end of this quarter. I wrote the original course in 2016, and we had it ...