Digital diamond-trading marketplace Clara has named Itay Ariel and Roni Rydlewicz to oversee its global strategy amid the company’s rapid growth. Founders HRA Group and former Lucara CEO Eira Thomas ...

Russian miner Alrosa has caught an employee allegedly exchanging low-value diamonds for more expensive ones, which, together with accomplices, she then sold to Armenian smugglers. Following an ...

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 ...

Jewelers of America (JA) has revealed the names of the six jewelry trade associations that will receive its inaugural Impact Initiative grants. The initiative is a multifaceted program aimed at ...

Gemfields will inaugurate a second ruby-processing plant at its Montepuez site in September, expecting to triple the mine’s overall ore capacity. The company’s new facility in Mozambique will increase ...

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized five shipments carrying nearly 2,200 pieces of counterfeit jewelry valued at over $25 million. The first packages customs confiscated in Louisville, ...

Christie’s will offer a 6.51-carat diamond ring with a high estimate of $500,000 at its upcoming online jewelry sale. The piece bears a cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut, fancy-light-purplish-pink, ...

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 ...

A class action filed against Warren Buffett-owned jewelry chain Helzberg Diamonds alleges the website claims products are being offered at discounted prices for a limited time, when the sales and ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointed Pritesh Patel as its president and CEO, to succeed longtime chief Susan Jacques, who is retiring. Patel joined the institute in 2015 as chief ...

Anoop Mehta has joined the board of the International Gemological Institute (IGI) as its new chairman and independent director. Mehta has over 50 years of experience in the Indian and global gem and ...

De Beers Group has introduced a new jewelry initiative as well as a branded polished-diamond line aimed at increasing consumer demand for natural diamonds and reinforcing their provenance. The company ...