January 14, 2019

Angolan diamond production in historic competitive bid sale

Leading global diamantaires invited to purchase exceptional Angolan diamonds as part of new marketing policy

January 14, 2019

Russia’s Alrosa back to mining diamonds in Zimbabwe

The world’s top diamond producer by output, is returning to Zimbabwe after almost two years, as the company continues to expand beyond Russia.

January 14, 2019

Angola to host first competitive diamond bid sale

Seven exceptional Lulo diamonds, including a 46-carat pink and six top-colour Type IIa white gems, will be showcased.

January 14, 2019

Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company expects to produce 4.1 million carats in 2019

The state-owned diamond miner wants to produce 10 million carats by 2025.

January 13, 2019

How lapis lazuli helped uncover the role of women in the creation of medieval manuscripts

Prior to this discovery, it was thought that mainly men were allowed to use the blue stone.

January 11, 2019

ALROSA increases rough and polished diamond sales to $4.5B

ALROSA saw a 6% growth in its diamond sales last year.

January 11, 2019

Tiffany joins top diamond miners in disclosing origins of gemstones

Tiffany has begun tracing each of its individually registered diamonds (0.18 carats and larger) by a unique serial number.

January 10, 2019

Lucara Diamond kicks off the year with 127-carat find at Karowe

The 127 carat, top white gem diamond, is one of the of 129 precious stones of over 100 carats the company has recovered at the mine since it began operations in…

January 9, 2019

Tiffany CEO says it’s his ‘duty’ to reveal diamonds’ provenance

The jeweller tries to become more transparent in a notoriously opaque industry.

January 8, 2019

Lucara Diamond to focus on Bostwana mine this year

Lucara aims to recover between 300,000 and 330,000 carats from Karowe this year.