The R&M “Lettre”

Actress and singer Lady Gaga sported a 128.54-carat yellow diamond and platinum Tiffany necklace at the 91st Academy Awards show Sunday night. 

De Beers claims it doesn’t need to disclose treatments to its lab-grown diamonds, placing itself at odds with many synthetics traders pushing for full transparency in the sector.

Despite initial reports to the contrary, the National Retail Federation said economic uncertainty resulted in lower-than-expected retail sales over the 2018 holiday season.

The Diamond Production Association (DPA) has debuted “For Me, From Me,” a new campaign meant to encourage women to purchase diamonds for themselves.

On January 24, some of the Rubel & Ménasché team went to the Van Cleef & Arpels School of Jewelry Arts. The object of our visit was the lecture: “Fancy Colored diamonds: on the beauty of defects”.

Last month, I had the pleasure of traveling to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona for the annual Centurion show and of catching up with retailers after the holiday season.

The natural-diamond trade needs to be more aggressive in the lab-grown debate.

February is a crucial time for Canada’s diamond mines. Located in the most remote region of the country’s frozen Northwest Territories (NWT), Rio Tinto, Dominion Diamond Mines and De Beers have a two-month window to connect their mining operations to the outside world. 

Gem Diamonds has recovered a high-quality, 13.33-carat pink diamond in Lesotho. 

Alrosa has launched an exhibition of rare polished colored diamonds, including a 14.83-carat pink that is the largest of its color in Russian history, the miner said Wednesday.

Russian diamond miner Alrosa celebrated Valentine’s Day by displaying a unique rough diamond that has the shape of a heart.

Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 128-carat white diamond from its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola, the company said Tuesday.