Tiffany to include origin on most diamonds
Tiffany & Co. announced today it is now including country-of-origin information on just about all the diamonds it sells over 0.18 cts.
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Chow Tai Fook joins TRACR pilot
Press release – Tracr™, the end-to-end diamond industry blockchain traceability platform being developed by De Beers Group in collaboration with key industry stakeholders, today announced that Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group (“Chow Tai Fook”) has joined the platform’s pilot programme.
The three global tribes of jewelry
Millennial consumers can be divided up into three main segments, says Tim Schlick, chief strategy officer at Platinum Guild International.
ALROSA updates sustainable development and CSR policy
The Supervisory Board of ALROSA has approved a new edition of its policy on sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.
Four trends from a tough year for stocks
Diamond-related shares mainly fell in 2018, in line with a global stock-market downturn. Investors fretted about trade tensions, uncertain consumer demand and the impact of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates in December.
Graph diamonds: the year in 5 telling charts
Data can be exhilarating. Earlier this week, Avi Krawitz, Rapaport’s News Editor and Senior Analyst, called this reporter over to look at his screen, as there was something exciting on it.
Get ready for the new ride as roller-coaster 2018 comes to an end
As the final days of 2018 pass by, the year has been somewhat of a roller-coaster ride. But then, what’s new about that, some might say.
ALROSA among leaders of environmental and energy efficiency rating
Press release – ALROSA, the largest diamond mining company in the world, took the second place in the final rating of the fundamental (environmental and energy) efficiency of the 150 largest companies in Russia and Kazakhstan operating in the real economy.
The biggest and priciest diamonds of 2018
As the year comes to a close, Rapaport News takes a look back at the largest rough stones miners unearthed in 2018, and the diamonds that fetched the highest prices at auction.
Dubai Diamond Exchange joins GJEPC’s MyKYCBank platform
The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) is to join the MyKYCBank platform of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council.
De Beers ready to relax its provenance rules
De Beers is planning to loosen its source-disclosure restrictions for sightholders following requests for increased transparency, Rapaport News has learned.
The Kimberley Process mulling over broader definition of “conflict diamonds”
The participants of the recent Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting hosted by the European Union in Brussels carried their work to completion on November 16, 2018 but were left with a home work on their hands to be done before the next convention under the chairmanship of India.