An Australian goldsmith has crafted the world's most expensive chess set, costing $4m. The pieces are made of 18k white gold, adorned with a total of 513 carats....
A new State of the Industry report in Australia reveals that nine out of 10 stores that were selling fashion jewelry in 2010 have since closed. Six of the seven chains....
The lab-grown and mined diamond sectors have "called a truce" as they unite against the common enemy of declining demand, claims an expert writing for business magazine Forbes....
Gemist, the pioneering "try and buy" online jewelry retailer, has announced an investment from the innovation division of De Beers. The Los Angeles-based company is the first
A rare 21.52-carat Colombian emerald ring with two half-moon diamonds sold for its high estimate of $1.2m at Phillips, in Hong Kong. It was the lead item in a sale that realized....
A New York businessman who allegedly promised investors huge returns from wholesale jewelry deals has been charged with running a $200m Ponzi scheme. Gregory Altieri, 53, lured them...
Lucara is to sell all its larger rough diamonds through the Antwerp-based HB Group in what it describes as a "groundbreaking partnership". The Canadian miner has a reputation for high-value type IIa diamonds....
Alrosa and De Beers have both reported disastrous Q2 sales - down over 90 per cent - because of COVID-19. The two miners, who account for more than half of all diamonds...
The businessman who launched the Cofix chain of no-nonsense coffee shops in Israel is now moving into lab-grown diamonds. Avi Katz has just opened the first X Lab Diamonds store...
US rapper Gucci Mane has spent $250,000 having his teeth studded with diamonds. The Hip Hop star, aged 40, already owns a a 35-carat diamond pinky ring....
A memorial to Cecil Rhodes, founder of the De Beers diamond empire, has been beheaded in South Africa. Damage to the statue, at the top of Table Mountain, Cape Town...
Surat's diamond industry remains at a standstill after another surge in COVID-19 cases. The city's 5,000 factories had been due to re-open yesterday after a two-week closure...
Three spectacular pieces of diamond jewelry sold for $338,781 at auction to support the families of healthcare workers who lost their lives battling COVID-19. They were specially created by renowned....
Rough sales fell by 80 per cent during Q2 at Lucapa's Lulo Mine, in Angola, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued. Price per carat was down by 67 per cent...
Southstone Minerals reports further discoveries of very large and high-quality diamonds at its alluvial Oena mine, in South Africa. Output for Q3 (March to May) was severely impacted by coronavirus...
India is allowing companies more time to have diamonds graded and certified abroad without having to pay duty, in response to coronavirus. Polished diamonds are routinely sent to labs overseas...
Migrant diamond workers are deserting Surat, India's cutting and polishing capital as COVID-19 cases spike and factories remain closed. They're returning in their thousands to villages....
A pair of matching heart-shaped fancy diamonds - a vivid pink and a vivid blue - fetched a combined price of $18.6m at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. The stones were sold as separate lots...
The president of the Israel Diamond Exchange has made an impassioned plea for the government to help an industry that has lost $600m to COVID-19. "We are turning to you with an urgent request...
A long-running dispute over the ownership of the Princie, a $40m pink diamond sold by Christie's, is to go to trial in the USA. The exquisite 34.65-carat stone was sold...
