Industry

Couture London, a one day fine jewellery sales event, has confirmed the line-up for this year’s showcase. For 2018, the invitation-only showcase will host a wide breadth of international jewellery brands within a discreet luxury...

A 95-carat gem diamond has been recovered from the GahchoKué mine located in the Northwest Territories, Canada, Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. said in a statement released today. It was acquired by the Company, which...

WFDB President’s Blog - by Ernie Blom The diamond and jewellery industry is an industry spanning all continents. It covers a vast array of activities, from mining of minerals, their processing, conversion into jewellery, and...

British jewellery designer Dinny Hall has introduced ‘Suffragette Edit’, a small curation of jewellery inspired by the women’s rights movement. Introducing five designs, the collection uses the symbolic suffragette colours – purple, green and white. Dinny...

De Beers and GJEPC held a meeting on 1st August in Mumbai to discuss strategies for bolstering the natural diamond market in India. The discussion centred around the need for education and awareness around...

Sarine Technologies announced its collaboration with Chaumet, the flagship luxury jewellery brand of LVMH, to provide fully traceable diamonds for the newly introduced ‘Bee My Love’ pendant necklace. The ‘Bee My Love’ pendant, a key...

HRD Antwerp has reported that two large, near-colourless rough stones weighing 50.08 and 38.18 ct that were believed to be diamonds and were submitted to its research department to determine their quality, were actually...

Sightholder Mouawad has unveiled the $5 million crown created for the Miss Universe competition. The 18-karat gold creation, called The Miss Universe Power of Unity Crown, is set...

Initiatives in Art and Culture’s (IAC) 21st anniversary fashion conference, devoted to the color blue, proved to be a pièce de résistance. Earth seen from afar is the ”blue planet”, and the...

Russian giant Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) announced the selling of the most important diamond in its Dynasty collection, a 51.38-carat round stone, D color (colorless), with VVS1 clarity and no inclusions. In a press release, the company...