International Diamond Council elects new leadership
The International Diamond Council has announced leadership changes.
Effective immediately, HRD Antwerp chairman, Julien Drybooms, takes over from Harry Levy as chair of the International Diamond Council’s board, while Pol van der Steen takes the...
CIBJO’s 2018 Congress to be Held in Bogotá, Colombia, From October 15-17, 2018
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, announced yesterday that it will be will holdingg its 2018 annual congress in Bogotá, Colombia, from October 15-17, 2018. Pre-congress meetings are scheduled to commence on October 13.
Fedesmeraldas,...
LVMH reports jewellery sales surge for first half of 2018
Watches and Jewellery sales rose by 8% to almost €2 billion (£1.7bn) in the first half of 2018 at LVMH. The category contributed to a group-wide rise in revenue of 10% for the luxury...
US Watch and Jewelry Sales: Another Month of Decline
US watch and jewelry sales fell yet again during April, by 7.1 per cent according to figures released by the US Department of Commerce. That's an improvement on the 8.8 per cent drop in...
HK’s Jewellery Exports Surge 20.1% in H1 2018
Hong Kong-based jewellers sold 20.1 percent more jewellery products abroad from January to June this year, compared to the same period in 2017, government data showed.
In June alone, exports of jewellery, goldsmiths’ and silversmiths’...
Fura Announces Plans to Acquire Additional Ruby Licence in Mozambique
Fura Gems Inc. said that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Azores Overseas Inc. under which it will acquire a 100% interest in ruby prospecting licence No. 5572L in the Montepuez...
Civil Society Coalition Meets to Reflect on its Role in KP and on Broader...
The Civil Society Coalition within the Kimberley Process (KP) met recently in Antwerp, Belgium “to reflect on its role in the Kimberley Process and on broader diamond governance”, a statement from the Coalition on...
Silicon Valley Jeweler Doing Brisk Business With Cryptocurrency
In 2014, I penned a primer on Bitcoin. And an insightful feature on blockchain (Bitcoin is a blockchain payment), by news director Rob Bates, will debut in our May 2018 issue.
But although I have...
Petra Diamonds’ Q1 (July-Sept) Production Up 30%, Expansion Work on Track
Petra Diamonds Limited has announced a 30% increase in production at 1.1 million carats for the three month period ended September 30, 2016 compared to 842,796 carats in Q1 of the previous year. The...
Piece of the Week: Eriness’ ‘Resist’ Necklace
Fine jewelry brand Eriness struck a chord when it released its “Resist” necklace in the spring of 2017.
The 14-karat yellow gold and diamond style has been spotted on celebrities such as Emma Stone, Elizabeth...
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