The R&M “Lettre”

Moscow–Alrosa is taking special measures to ensure the safety of the wild reindeer that populate the area around what is now the Russian mining company’s largest development project.

Earlier this week, I wrote a story about two large lab-grown diamonds–one 5.19 carats and the other a 10.08-carat blue–recently examined by the Gemological Institute of America’s laboratory in Hong Kong.

The technology might help track stolen goods and improve the Kimberley Process.

Many smaller and medium-size diamond plants in Surat, India’s major diamond cutting and polishing center, have already begun the closedown for the country’s almost three-week long Diwali holiday.

Press Release – New York – The Diamond Empowerment Fund (D.E.F.) welcomes Marcus ter Haar, Deputy Managing Director of the Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) based in Botswana, to its global board of directors effective October 1.

The Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America (DMIA) and the United States Kimberley Process Authority (USKPA) are to conduct a joint research project to study the trade in rough diamonds in the United States.

The Kimberley Process (KP) chair called for the establishment of a permanent secretariat to oversee the rehabilitation of nations that have been banned from exporting diamonds.

The participants of the Kimberley Process (KP) established in 2000 in Kimberley at the initiative of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia are diamond producing and diamond importing countries, which pursue the aim to prevent trading in the so-called “conflict diamonds“

The UAE Kimberley Process Chair (KP Chair), Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has extended an invitation to all members of the Civil Society Coalition (CSC) to attend the upcoming Plenary in Dubai, UAE.

A new meta search wants to bring greater transparency to online diamond buying.

Undisclosed lab-grown diamonds are out there, and the industry needs to deal with that.

Paris–The owner of the TAG Heuer and Bulgari brands has seen its watch and jewelry sales increase so far this year, albeit not by much.