May 26, 2019 Lab-grown diamonds to get sustainability standard certification The announcement follows a warning by the US Federal Trade Commission regarding the misuse of the words eco-friendly’ and ‘sustainable.’
May 22, 2019 Sandvik creates first 3D printed diamond composite The advantage is that the diamond can be 3D printed in very complex shapes, unlike mined or manufactured diamonds.
May 22, 2019 What we call man-made diamonds could ultimately determine their success The industry is still undecided in how to present diamonds to consumers following the wider-scale emergence of man-made stones in recent years.
May 21, 2019 De Beers diamond sales slump again in another warning sign De Beers’ diamond sales plunged to the lowest since 2017 in the company’s latest offering, underlining a slump in the industry worldwide.
May 16, 2019 De Beers, Namibia to spend $468m on world’s first custom-built diamond searching ship The new vessel is expected to add about 500,000 carat a year of production capacity to Debmarine Namibia, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the African nation's government.
May 15, 2019 UAE and China to strengthen gems and jade bilateral trade The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and the China Gems and Jade Exchange signed a memorandum of understanding to create new trading opportunities.
May 14, 2019 Petra Diamonds fetches $15m for 425-carat legacy diamond The exceptional D colour Type IIa gem was recovered in March from the company’s iconic Cullinan mine, the same that yielded the biggest diamond ever in 1905.
May 14, 2019 Australian corporate watchdog goes after Merlin Diamonds ASIC has for months been probing how Merlin Diamonds has loaned A$13 million of investor money to a private company, AXIS Consultants, which has long been associated with the miner's…
May 8, 2019 Diamond tycoon fails in third UK bail attempt as assets frozen Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s third attempt to get bail has been denied by a UK court.
May 8, 2019 Polished diamond prices drop in April — report According to Rapaport, the price of 1-carat diamonds slid by 1% year-to-date and the price of 3-carat diamonds fell by 6.1% year-to-date.
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