June 24, 2011 No consensus, no clarity on Zimbabwe exports The Kimberley Process failed once again to reach a decision about the exports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange region. The failure comes despite the willingness of key countries to…
June 24, 2011 Kimberley Process members still divided over Zim diamonds Zimbabwe has been given the green light to sell diamonds from its Marange diamond fields by the industry's leading certification system, but the decision did not have the backing of…
June 23, 2011 Commodities fall most in seven weeks Bloomberg reports that commodities dropped the most in seven weeks after the International Energy Agency announced plans to release emergency oil supplies.Gold for August delivery fell 2.4 percent to $1,516.60…
June 23, 2011 WGC launches initiative to combat conflict gold The World Gold Council (WGC) produced a draft framework of standards designed to combat gold that enables, fuels or finances armed conflict. The standards, which were compiled together with the…
June 23, 2011 IDEX Online Research Rough Diamond Market Report: Is Rough Chasing Polished Now? The rough diamond sector is on fire. Traders are buying rough, willing to pay prices that they have not imagined possible just a few months ago. DTC's decision to raise…
June 23, 2011 Tiffany appoints new CFO, Fernandez promoted to COO Tiffany & Co. today announced the appointment of Patrick F. McGuiness as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Outgoing CFO James N. Fernandez has been appointed to the newly-created…
June 23, 2011 GIA Scholarships Expand International Reach in 2012 The GIA (Gemological Institute of America) started accepting scholarship application for 2012, saying it is increasing the number of scholarships and doubling the number of international locations where On-Campus programs…
June 23, 2011 IDEX Online Research: U.S. jewelry sales pick up in April Jewelry and watch demand strengthened significantly in April in the U.S. market. New data indicates that total jewelry and watch sales rose by 11.2% over the same month a year…
June 23, 2011 69 BDB Offices Sold in Second Online Auction In a second online auction that ran June 14-21, the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) sold another 69 offices at its campus in the suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai.
June 22, 2011 Botswana Diamonds chairman increases stake to over 9% Entrepreneur John Teeling has increased his holding in Botswana Diamonds - the Southern and Central Africa focused diamond and precious metal exploration company. Teeling, who is the Chairman of Botswana…
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
