De Beers Plans $142M World’s Largest Offshore Diamond Mining Ship
Debmarine Namibia, an equal equity joint venture between the Namibian government and De Beers, today announced it is planning to construct the world’s largest custom-built Diamond mining vessel. The new vessel, which…
ALROSA Fancy-Coloured Polished Diamond Tender In Israel Nets $1.2M
An auction in Israel of fancy-coloured diamonds by DIAMONDS ALROSA, the large-size cutting and polishing division of Russian diamond mining major ALROSA, generated revenue of $ million, the company reported.…
De Beers Southern Africa Jewellery Design Award Final Shortlist
De Beers announced the nine regional finalists in this year’s Shining Light Awards, which recognise emerging jewellery designers in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa and provide them with a platform…
Lower Prices, Stronger Ruble Hit ALROSA 9-Month Sales, Profit
Russian state-controlled diamond miner ALROSA announced earnings of RUB billion ($ billion) and a net profit of RUB billion ($ billion) for the first nine months of 2017. The revenue…
Signet Renews Funding For DDI High School Program In DRC
The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) announced that Signet Jewelers had renewed its commitment to access to education for children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), through a grant that…
Bonhams To Auction Fancy Yellow Diamonds From Cullinan Collection
Bonhams announced today that it will auction two collections of fancy vivid yellow diamonds, exceptionally well matched in colour from the collection of Cullinan, son of the famous South African…
PGI India Campaign Targets Post-Wedding Generational Relationships
Platinum Guild International (PGI) has launched a new integrated advertising and marketing campaign in India to promote a new range of its brand Platinum Evara. The campaign targets the millennial…
GIA Retailer Referral System Sees Threefold Increase In Consumer Use
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has reported a three-fold increase in the use of its Retailer Lookup system, that lets consumers search for retailers by city or postal code,…
De Beers Reports Demand Rise For Christmas, Sells $455M In Cycle 9
De Beers Group announced that it had provisionally sold $455 million dollars in rough diamonds in its 9th sales cycle of 2017. The figure represents a total of its global…
AWDC, WDC Reaffirm Commitment To Kimberley Process
Stephane Fischler, the President of the Antwerp World Diamond Center (AWDC) and acting President of the World Diamond Council (WDC), in a speech given at the African Diamond Conference, reaffirmed…