RAPAPORT PRESS RELEASE, July 1, 2025, Las Vegas… The diamond market remained cautious in June as the industry awaited decisions on prospective US tariffs. The Las Vegas shows saw resilience in the ...

Hong Kong jeweler Tse Sui Luen (TSL) recorded a loss for the full fiscal year amid waning appetite for diamond jewelry in China and an increase in shoppers from the municipality purchasing goods while ...

The Luxury and JCK Las Vegas shows reflected the varied state of the industry, with higher-end jewelers reporting good sales while loose-diamond dealers saw patchy results. Exhibitors at the more ...

Botswana President Duma Boko had to try twice to inject some energy into a sleepy audience at the annual World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) gathering in New York. It was the morning after the ...

The synthetic diamond gumball exhibit. (David Legreve/AWDC) The marketing conundrum Rentmeesters believes something slightly shocking and a bit viral, like the gumball machine ploy, is what’s really ...

There was a degree of skepticism and confusion in the diamond hall of the JCK Las Vegas show after De Beers’ announcement of its latest marketing program. The miner launched Ombré Desert Diamonds, a ...

HRD Antwerp will no longer issue certificates for loose lab-grown diamonds — a move it hopes will reaffirm its role as an international hub for natural stones and create a clear distinction between ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently examined a 1.09-carat diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) that displayed a blue band. A customer recently submitted the D-color ...

Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), the Botswana state-owned trader, has begun registering its rough diamonds on the Tracr blockchain platform, a step aimed at enhancing transparency across the supply ...

Rio Tinto has unearthed a purple diamond weighing 0.45 carats at its Diavik mine, an unusual find at a site that generally produces white stones. A trace element like hydrogen or a twist in the ...

Jewelers of America (JA) has promoted Amanda Gizzi to senior vice president of corporate affairs. Gizzi most recently served as the organization’s director of public relations and events, JA said ...

Israel has expressed opposition to Qatar’s candidacy for Kimberley Process (KP) chair, threatening the diamond certification scheme’s ability to find a new leader. Qatar is currently the only country ...