Petra Diamonds has appointed Vivek Gadodia and Juan Kemp as joint CEOs following the company’s annual general meeting on November 27. Gadodia and Kemp, who became joint interim CEOs in February, will ...

The jewelry sector saw a strong showing on Black Friday, making it one of the top categories in the US this holiday season, with a 2.8% rise year on year, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse. Online ...

Botswana’s minerals and energy minister visited the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) this week to thank 18 of its member companies for providing the African country with humanitarian aid. After ...

The rise in gold prices has forced up the cost of jewelry and led consumers to opt for lab-grown diamonds, bespoke retailer Alexandra Beth Samit said on the latest Rapaport Diamond Podcast. “It really ...

The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA) has identified the six Kimberley Process (KP) members that vetoed the proposed new conflict-diamond definition last week. The participants at the KP ...

The tariff cut that the US recently agreed to apply to imports from Switzerland could take effect as soon as December. The Trump administration has said it could take between 10 and 12 days to ...

Canada-based miner Star Diamond has named a new chairman and interim CEO as part of a shake-up of its top team. The company has appointed Wayne Malouf, a director since August of this year, as ...

Hong Kong jeweler Luk Fook is expecting to report a revenue and profit spike for the first half of the fiscal year, it said in an update. Although the company has not yet finalized the results for the ...

The Kimberley Process (KP) failed to reach a consensus on broadening the definition of conflict diamonds at last week’s plenary in Dubai, according to industry organizations. “While not unexpected, it ...

De Beers Group has debuted Origin, its new branded polished-diamond line, at retail stores in the North American market. The product allows jewelers to share the unique story of each De Beers-sourced ...

The recent Royal & Noble Jewels and High Jewelry auctions at Sotheby’s raked in CHF 41.2 million ($51.3 million) in total, and saw a blue diamond fetch CHF 4.8 million ($6 million). The unmounted oval ...

Formula 1 star Charles Leclerc has followed in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo and Justin Bieber by proposing with a heavy oval-shaped diamond. The Ferrari driver gifted fashion icon Alexandra ...