DFL Group names new CEO
Israel-based DFL Group, operator of B2B diamond trading website UNI.Diamonds, has appointed Mahiar Borhanjoo as its new CEO.
UNI.Diamonds, the group’s flagship online trading platform launched in October 2018, is the industry’s fastest growing B2B...
Diamond Empowerment Fund Presents 2019 ‘Good Award’ To Leading Diamond Miner and Luxury Jeweler...
Raises Funds To Help Student Scholars from Diamond Communities
Before an audience of industry leaders, heads of state and foreign dignitaries, The Diamond Empowerment Fund (D.E.F.) last night bestowed its Diamonds Do Good Award for...
Registration opens for 2019 Bharat Diamond Week
Registration is now open for the 2019 Bharat Diamond Week (BDW) which will take place at the bourse from 14 to16 October. The third edition of the event, following the two shows held last...
ALROSA sets out its Approach to Diamond Tracing
During the trade show in Las Vegas, ALROSA, the world’s largest diamond mining company, has set out its approach to guaranteeing the origins of its diamonds, including an online platform, providing a complete history...
GIA expands scope of diamond origin reports
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has added natural fancy colour diamonds to its GIA Diamond Origin Report Service, which scientifically matches faceted D-to-Z and now fancy colour diamonds to the original rough to...
Ontario’s First and only diamond mine reaches end of production
Ten years and ten months after the official opening in July 2008, production at De Beers Group Victor Mine in northern Ontario has come to an end.
The last of the economic ore was processed...
Pink diamond fetches US$7.5m at auction
An extraordinary 3.43-carat fancy vivid purplish pink diamond ring by Moussaieff sold for around HK$58.82 million (US$7.52 million) at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels Spring Auction 2019.
The ring, known as the, was the top lot at...
GIA Adds Country of Origin Reports for Colored Diamonds
GIA (Gemological Institute of America) added natural colored diamonds to the GIA Diamond Origin Report Service on May 24. The innovative service, announced on March 28, scientifically matches faceted D-to-Z and now natural colored...
Rough diamonds from Mothae fetch US$3.5 million in Antwerp
ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and the Government of Lesotho have announced results from the second tender in 2019 of diamonds from the new Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho.
The parcel of 7,008 carats of rough...
Registration Opens for 2019 Bharat Diamond Bourse
Polished diamond fair to host delegations from China, Australia and Asian countries
The Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai has announced that registration is now open for the 2019 Bharat Diamond Week (BDW) which takes...
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