Israel gearing for diamond market recovery – five-minute interview: Yoram Dvash
Israel’s diamond industry has undertaken several initiatives this year to lift the level of trading, and morale, in an otherwise challenging market environment.
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Rough supply signals shift in balance of power – Insights
Profit is the new turnover in the diamond trade. As retail inventory levels continue to shrink due to recession-driven efficiencies, the trade has had to change its mindset.
Producers from the DPA, part 5: Lucara and Petra Diamonds, rare diamonds and targeted investments
For this latest edition of gem producers from the DPA, we are heading to Africa, more precisely to African mines, to meet the last two “large” junior gem producers that are DPA partners: Lucara Diamond Corporation and Petra Diamonds Limited.
Breaking down KP’s suggested diamond valuation system
One of the key issues brought up for consideration of the Kimberley Process (KP) this year, was the suggestion to put in place a rough diamond valuation system.
“The LFG can guarantee an analysis of parcels of melee that is 100% reliable”- Olivier Segura, Laboratoire Français de Gemmologie
Two and a half years ago, Rubel & Ménasché met Olivier Segura, Director of the LFG, the French Gemological Laboratory (Laboratoire Français de Gemmologie).
What diamonds are US consumers buying today?
What is the volume of diamonds American specialty jewelry retailers sell every year? Are there pockets of opportunity within items that are losing favor? And how many lab-grown goods are really selling? More importantly, what is the sales pattern and trend?
With L’Arche de Noé, Van Cleef & Arpels reveals its new interpretation of the bestiary
From 3 to 26 September, the famous French high jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels invites you to discover its new collection, L’Arche de Noé (Noah’s Ark). In Place Vendôme, in the very Parisian setting of the Hôtel d’Évreux, the exhibition, staged by Robert Wilson, unveils this new interpretation of the bestiary, a theme that […]
The goal of the DPA is to strengthen the fundamentals of the diamond industry, from mine to market – Jean-Marc Lieberherr, DPA CEO
This is the end of our interview with Jean-Marc Lieberherr, DPA CEO. Long-term goals, slowly evolution and big challenges of our industry, diamonds magic… The DPA is investing for the future !
“We see this marketing platform as an industry program” – Jean-Marc Lieberherr, DPA CEO
In June 2016, shortly after the announcement of the campaign “Real is rare. Real is a diamond.”, launched by the DPA, and its communication to the industry at the JCK trade fair in Las Vegas, Rubel & Ménasché contacted Jean-Marc Lieberherr—CEO of the DPA since 2016.
Where is De Beers heading now ?
On Monday 27 June, at De Beers’ 2016 Business Excellence Seminar, speeches were made by the outgoing and incoming directors—Philippe Mellier was due to step down four days later. What they said gives us some indications of what to expect in the future and the new course set for De Beers.
Times are changing in the diamond industry – the De Beers Business Excellence Seminar 2016
The De Beers Business Excellence Seminar was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, on Monday 27th June 2016. The gem producer brought together its sightholders and part of its teams for the occasion.
Real is the new forever: DPA unveils campaign slogan
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has tapped millennials’ desire for authenticity in its campaign slogan unveiled at the JCK Las Vegas show on Friday.