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The Diamond Development Initiative’s (DDI) mobile schooling program has seen 110 children from remote mining communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo honored in front of their friends and family in celebration of completing their remedial primary education program and passing their state exams.
Sarine Technologies’ new automated color- and clarity-grading systems are yielding more reliable results than manual graders, the company has claimed.
On the second day of the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Premiere 2017, chairman Praveenshankar Pandya announced renewed efforts on the part of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to eliminate mixing synthetic diamonds with natural diamonds.
World Diamond Council (WDC) will hold its 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from October 15 to 17, with the meeting hosted by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC).
A conversation with the minerals and mining minister of an African diamond-producing company a couple of months ago really served to highlight the point at which beneficiation has arrived. And I am not sure that road traveled so far is particularly impressive.
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, and the Italian Exhibition Group, will present a seminar to provide members of the jewelry trade with background on new EU legislation to regulate minerals from conflict areas and its impact.
For years the diamond industry’s outward attitude to lab-grown goods was that these stones were some sort of fake. Even the nickname given them expresses that disdain – “synthetics.”
The World Diamond Council (WDC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the Central African Republic (CAR), supporting its efforts in preventing trading in conflict diamonds originating from CAR
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) doesn’t usually declare itself stumped, but a recent discovery of a flaw in a synthetic diamond that’s almost always associated with natural stones left scientists scratching their heads.
What business does a gemological laboratory have telling stories about diamonds? That was the unspoken question Matt Crimmin had to answer in his presentations at JCK Las Vegas earlier this month.
The GIA will demonstrate and take pre-orders for its new iD100™ testing device at the June 22-25 Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair following what it said was a successful debut of the instrument at the JCK Las Vegas show in early June.
The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research just introduced what it says is the first screening device for man-made diamonds that can test multiple stones in set jewelry at once.