ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners have announced the recovery of a 130-carat gem quality diamond from the Lulo diamond project in Angola. The 130-carat diamond is the 13th +100 carat diamond recovered to date and the second recovered so far in 2019. This recovery, together with the continued recovery of other large special […]

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ALROSA Group has launched a new device that can identify natural and synthetic diamonds with a high degree of accuracy and help fight unscrupulous suppliers who mix synthetic stones grown in the laboratory with diamonds of natural origin. The device was unveiled at a meeting of the Public Expert Board at the Assay Chamber of […]

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Rio Tinto’s iconic Argyle diamond mine has produced one of the largest gem quality white diamonds in its 35-year history. The 28.84-carat gem quality white diamond was recovered from the east Kimberley mine in March 2019. Named Argyle Octavia in recognition of its octahedral shape, this rough diamond will be sold by tender in Antwerp […]

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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 role of vice chairman. Drybooms has served on the executive committee of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and […]

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Star Diamond Corporation recently conducted a major study to find out how abundant was the occurrence of Type IIa diamonds in the diamond parcels recovered from the Star and Orion South Kimberlites located within the Corporation’s Star-Orion South Diamond Project, in the Fort à la Corne diamond district of central Saskatchewan, Canada. “This study confirms […]

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Wholesale prices for lab-grown diamonds have fallen by up to 60 percent since De Beers began selling synthetic stones for jewellery in September, CEO Bruce Cleaver said on Thursday, adding margins for the sector would continue to fall. De Beers, part of mining group Anglo American, shocked the diamond industry last year when it announced […]

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HRD Antwerp has graded what it says is the world’s first ring that is entirely made from a lab-grown diamond made by Dutch Diamond Technologies (DD). ‘Project D’, DD’s name for the ring, took a year to manufacture and was created in honor of the company’s 10th anniversary, HRD said. “The ring was made from […]

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Last year was a momentous one for Africa-focused Gem Diamonds (LON: GEMD), as it recovered a record number of huge precious stones from its flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho, the world’s highest-dollar-per-carat diamond mine. In Q4 2018, the company recovered three of the 15 diamonds over 100 carats — a new record for the London-based […]

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WFDB praises bourse’s efforts as government simplifies tax regime for diamonds Antwerp, Belgium – February 2019: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom has praised the work of the WFDB-affiliated Korea Diamond Exchange in persuading the government to abolish a high diamond tax instituted more than four decades ago. Following five years of […]

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The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) announced today that the 38th World Diamond Congress scheduled to be held in Tel Aviv, Israel, from June 19 to 21, 2018 has been cancelled. The Congress is the biennial general body meeting of the WFDB and IDMA. While making the […]

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