Industry

Exports of cut and polished diamonds from India dropped by 16.07% year-on-year during the month of January 2019, while gold jewellery (plain and studded) exports rose 32.35% y-o-y during the month, according to provisional...

MHKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, is staging an exhibition called “Melancholia: The Diamond,” in collaboration with Lars von Trier, Marianne Slot and Leonid Ogarev. The exhibition is inspired by van Trier’s film “Melancholia”...

International Diamond Exchange, one of the leading international online diamond-trading platforms, has appointed veteran communications expert and strategic consultant Ya’akov Almor as the new Editor-in-Chief of IDEX Online & Magazine. He succeeds Albert Robinson. Almor...

Baselworld organiser MCH Group, has appointed Bernd Stadlwieser as its new head of the company, replacing interim CEO Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard. Stadlweiser has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry and has spent time in...

StyleDotMe, a New Delhi based startup announced that Tanishq, India’s most trusted jewellery brand, has licensed mirrAR, StyleDotMe’s augmented reality (AR) platform for creating a unique experience center for consumers, at the New Delhi...

Emeralds have always been one of the world’s most treasured and desired gems for thousands of years. It was believed that emeralds endowed the wearer of this precious gem with power, and were reserved...

Saudi Arabia’s gold and jewellery sector have been hit hard by the lack of skilled Saudi nationals following the localisation of jobs in the industry, according to local media reports. The kingdom banned the employment...

The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) held the presentation ceremony of its Artisan Jewellery Design Awards 2019 jewellery design competition on Wednesday in Mumbai. The event also featured the official release of...

Trade show International Jewellery London has announced that it is officially open for applications for its tenth annual KickStart mentoring programme ahead of this year’s event. The KickStart initiative is supported by the National Association...

Louis Vuitton’s jewellery designer, Francesca Amfitheatrof is bidding to shake-up the business of branded jewellery with her very own line. Branching out from her role at Louis Vuitton, the jewellery designer, who previously worked for...