GJEPC calls for DPA budget hike to $100M
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) needs to boost its international marketing budget sharply next year, Praveenshankar Pandya, head of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), said.
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Rio Tinto debuts biggest red diamond in tender history
There were at least two things to learn at Rio Tinto’s preview of its 2017 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, held Wednesday in New York.
Swiss watch industry extends recovery
Swiss watch exports jumped in June amid stronger demand from China, Hong Kong, Italy and the United Kingdom, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry reported.
“The Secret” of the Van Cleef & Arpels Maison
The iconic Van Cleef & Arpels Maison unveils its new high jewelry collection, The Secret. With secrets hidden, and then revealed, Van Cleef & Arpels is inviting us on a stroll into a fairyland! Technical prowess takes its place alongside the grace of the imagination at play.
Price upon request: Paris high jewelry, part II
In the second part of a two-part series, National Jeweler explores the latest haute joaillerie presented last week in Paris in conjunction with couture week.
World Diamond Council to hold AGM in Dubai in October
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).
Alrosa appoints heads of polishing division
Russian diamond miner Alrosa has appointed Pavel Vinikhin as director of Diamonds Alrosa, the group’s cutting and polishing division.
Tiffany really, really wants to be cool
It’s not just enlisting Lady Gaga and speaking out on the Paris accords. Tiffany & Co. is doing all it can to elbow its way to the cool kids’ table.
Beneficiation: a road worth traveling, but destination difficult to find
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.
Alrosa unearths two large diamonds
Alrosa discovered two extraordinarily large rough diamonds this month at its processing plants in the Russian republic of Yakutia, the company reported.
Who prefers brick-and-mortar? The youngest and oldest
The 18-to-25 and 61-and-over demographics are the most committed brick-and-mortar shoppers, according to a new report, “The Future of Retail 2017,” by Walker Sands Communications.
CIBJO, IEG to hold conflict minerals laws impact seminar at VICENZAORO Show
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.