The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is now reporting monthly import and export data after a pause of some two years. What do the most recent figures show us about Belgium’s rough and polished ...

Signet Jewelers recorded a loss in the second fiscal quarter as sales fell. The US retailer struck a more cautious tone on the recovery in engagements. Revenue declined 8% year on year to $1.49 ...

The US diamond wholesale market is in a mixed state. Retail demand has seen a steady few months. Consumer sales of natural-diamond jewelry and loose stones rose 8.5% year on year in July, according to ...

“A concerning announcement from the World Gem Federation: The global gemological academy has ceased its educational courses in Ethiopia following the ‘unlawful seizure’ of gemological and lapidary ...

The latest edition of VicenzaOro revealed a tale of two markets: The jewelry brands displayed an upbeat mood, while many diamond dealers expressed low confidence due to recent price drops. The show, ...

The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) has appointed a new board, with Bruce Bridges of Bridges Tsavorite to serve as president for a three-year term. Bridges first joined the AGTA board in ...

Gem Diamonds has recovered a 126.21-carat rough from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho, its 12th stone over 100 carats so far this year. Other diamonds the company has extracted during the year included a ...

Bonhams will offer a jewelry collection comprising 74 pieces that belonged to former US Senator Dianne Feinstein. The sale, called The Legacy of a Stateswoman, will center around a ring containing a ...

The name Kazumi Arikawa will be familiar to jewelry collectors and historians, but the Japanese founder and president of antique-jewelry gallery Albion Art is little known outside this sphere. Forbes ...

Jeff High, founder of jewelry-design software company Gemvision, died of cancer on September 5 at the age of 60. High dedicated his entire career to inventing and producing computer-aided design and ...

Alrosa has unearthed a 262.5-carat, high-quality diamond from the Ebelyakh deposit of its Mayat mine in Yakutia — the second-largest stone of its caliber found in Russia in the past 10 years. The ...

Diamonds make up four of the top five lots at an upcoming John Moran jewelry sale, including a yellow diamond set to fetch up to $70,000. The ring, which features a radiant-cut, 11.78-carat, ...