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WFDB Backs International Diamond Monitoring Committee
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) is throwing its weight behind the recently announced International Diamond Monitoring Committee initiative of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and…
KP Should Partner UN To Tackle Human Rights Issues, Says WDC President
World Diamond Council (WDC) President Stephane Fischler, speaking about the definition of the role of the Kimberley Process (KP), said that human rights issues, which many have argued should be…
Indian Buying For Early Diwali Fuels $572M De Beers Cycle 6 Sales
De Beers today announced that it had provisionally sold a total of $572 million in rough diamonds through its sixth sales cycle of this year. This is nearly 8 percent…
Gems and Jewellery Industry in India
The enquiry of where does India import diamonds from is most common to all diamond lovers to know what type of diamond and from which countries diamond they buy from…
De Beers Q2 Production +36% To 8.7M Carats; H1 +21% To 16.1M Carats
De Beers reported that in a year-on-year comparison, Diamond production increased 36 per cent in the second quarter of this year to million carats. The increase is in line with…
Argyle H1 Rough Diamond Output Drops While Diavik Rises
Rio Tinto reported a production of million carats from its Argyle mine in Australia for the second quarter of this year. This is an eight percent drop from the second…
Virginia Drosos Appointed Signet CEO As Mark Light Departs
Signet Jewelers Limited, which has recently been dogged by controversy over sexual harassment discrimination accusations by employees of its Sterling Jewelers brand, announced that its board of directors has appointed…
Russian Finance Minister Siluanov Re-Elected ALROSA Chairman
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has been re-elected Chairman of the supervisory board of state-controlled diamond miner ALROSA. Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Yegor Borisov was elected First…
Recycling Old Jewellery Will Not Attract GST, Indian Govt. Clarifies
The Indian government clarified that the sale of old gold jewellery to jewellers — a common practice in the country, with the scrap gold value of the old jewellery being…
Chow Tai Fook Reports Strong Q1 Growth In Mainland China
The Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group said retail sales value grew 17 percent, while same store sales grew 11 in mainland China during the the three months ended…