December 29, 2011

Japan’s preference for higher value diamonds continues

After the pre-holiday season restocking phase in September and October, Japan’s polished diamond imports eased to $62.1 million in November.

December 28, 2011

Diamond prices to rise over four years

Diamond prices are poised to rise for the next four years, outpacing gold, as increased spending on luxury goods in China, India and the Middle East outpaces supplies of the…

December 28, 2011

Stornoway Announces Filing of the Renard Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX:SWY.TO - News) is pleased to announce the completion and filing of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Renard Diamond Project located in North…

December 28, 2011

Safe with diamonds stolen from polishing plant

Investigators have been left baffled about one of the oddest thefts in diamond history following the theft of a small safe from inside a larger safe, with no signs of…

December 25, 2011

Lazare Kaplan Sues Antwerp Diamond Bank

December 25, 2011

Mir mine in Yakutia: largest open pit diamond mine in world

Mirny Mine, the largest open pit diamond mine in world, is located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia

December 25, 2011

De Beers, EU have cases to answer — Tomana

ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr Johannes Tomana, strongly believes world leading diamond company De Beers and the European Union have cases to answer for smuggling diamonds out of Zimbabwe and imposing illegal sanctions…

December 25, 2011

Lazare Kaplan: Banks Stole $135 Mln, Bankers Received Bribes

Lazare Kaplan International is suing KBC and the Antwerp Diamond Bank for allegedly stealing $135 million, claiming that the banks cooperated with diamond trader Erez Daleyot. LKI, which is seeking…

December 25, 2011

Bad News, Rough Diamonds and the DTC, Top 10 News Stories of 2011

From rough diamond prices and bold thefts to tax raids and terrorist attacks in Mumbai, there is nothing like a juicy chunk of bad news, as the ten most read…

December 25, 2011

IDEX Online Research: Jewelry Sales Eclipses Most Other Retail Categories

Jewelry sales have been one of the strongest merchandise categories for specialty retailers in the American market, based on retail sales trends for the first nine months of 2011.