(IDEX Online) - Sotheby's Geneva expects to raise $20m next month from the sale of the Glowing Rose, a 10.08-carat VVS2 fancy vivid pink diamond. It's the first time it has been offered for sale at ...

(IDEX Online) - Diamond industry veteran Martyn Charles Marriott calls for a return to the "stockpile and quota approach" as he reflects on a pivotal moment in the history of De Beers. Sir Ernest and ...

(IDEX Online) - The British Museum, in London, has launched an appeal to raise $4.7m (£3.5m) to acquire a 500-year-old gold pendant linked to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. It hopes to buy the ...

(IDEX Online) - Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) has announced the dismissal with immediate effect of its CEO, Alisa Amupolo (pictured). Namibia's state-owned diamond marketing company said she'd been ...

(IDEX Online) - A Bulgari ring featuring a 3.18-carat fancy intense pink diamond that was long mistaken for a worthless piece of quartz sold for EUR 2.3m (USD 2.6m) in Italy - more than double its pre ...

(IDEX Online) - Two men have been arrested in India, accused of a sophisticated online fraud in which they obtained diamonds worth $542,000 (Rs 4.80 crore). They and their accomplices allegedly posed ...

(IDEX Online) - Items of jewelry owned by the French-born architect, heiress, arts patron, and philanthropist Anne Schlumberger will be among 90 lots offered by Sotheby's in a series of sales of her ...

(IDEX Online) - The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) says it has a marketing campaign that's "ready to roll" - it's just waiting for the six African diamond producers who signed up to the Luanda Accord ...

(IDEX Online) - Botswana's president Duma Boko says he's close to negotiating an end to the 15 per cent tariff imposed on his country's polished diamond exports to the US. He also says Botswana must ...

(IDEX Online) - The government of Namibia is cautiously considering joining a pan-African consortium that could put in a bid to acquire and operate De Beers. The world's eighth biggest ...