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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

US retail sales fell in May compared to the previous month as consumers slowed down on stocking up ahead of tariffs. Revenue slid 0.9% month on month — adjusted for seasonal variation — to $715.4 ...

The Rapaport Price List is the international benchmark used by dealers to establish diamond prices in all the major markets. Your membership offers you access to the Rapaport Price List with diamond ...

The US jewelry market is in motion: adapting, evolving, and revealing new patterns of consumer behavior in response to shifting economic and political pressures. In our May-June issue, Rapaport ...

The main news from the recent Kimberley Process (KP) intersessional meeting related to the organization’s definition of conflict diamonds. The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), which ...

De Beers has unveiled its sales schedule for the coming year, with plans to hold the usual 10 sights across the 12-month period. The miner sells most of its rough to sightholders through a contract ...

On a recent episode of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast, a prominent executive in the Indian manufacturing sector gave a revealing report of his company’s current operations. “Since October, we are back ...

The Rapaport Group has appointed veteran technology executive Dan Mano as its new chief executive officer, signaling a renewed push toward digital innovation across its diamond and jewelry businesses.