The past year has been difficult for the diamond trade. However, there have been periods of stabilization as well as specific categories that have outperformed others. Rapaport Senior Analyst Joshua ...

This year saw an increasing number of industry activities that were sometimes illegal, and many times morally dubious. From lab-grown diamonds submitted for grading as natural, to a surge in ...

Everything has changed, but really nothing has changed. The stories that dominated the news this past year were on the same topics that always get people clicking: diamond prices, lab-grown fraud, De ...

Finding rough diamonds is not an easy task, and locating those over 100 carats is exponentially more difficult. Having formed in the earth billions of years ago, most of these stones naturally come in ...

Among the auction houses, Christie’s is one of the biggest players, generally holding several of the top spots for jewels with the highest prices fetched at auction. But this year, the company smashed ...

This year was a tough one at auction for many high-value jewelry lots, as the luxury market took a downturn and many consignors pulled top items prior to the sale, worried prices achieved would not ...

Tobias Kormind, cofounder and managing director of 77 Diamonds, explained how the UK-based company had taken hybrid retail to Europe and the Middle East and why its business model was more sustainable ...

Lucapa Diamond Company is set to take on a majority stake in the Lulo mine at the beginning of 2025, providing it with increased exploration capability. The company is currently in talks with the ...

The New York Magnificent Jewels sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s featured some eye-catching diamonds and gemstones that fetched millions of dollars. We look at the top-grossing lots from those ...

The US Department of State has granted nonprofit group Pact new funding to expand its work in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Africa. Pact will use the money to reduce ...

Antwerp-based diamond supplier Choron Group has agreed to acquire AMC Group, a De Beers sightholder, in a rare case of consolidation in the diamond trade. Choron will integrate AMC’s manufacturing ...

In the coming year, Chow Tai Fook plans to introduce collections made purely from recycled precious metals, making it the first Chinese jewelry brand to do so, according to the company. The move comes ...