Middlemen to be squeezed out of diamond industry
Q&A with Avraham (Bumi) Traub, Honorary President of the Israel Diamond Manufacturers Association and founder of A.B.T. Diamonds Lt.
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De Beers november sight estimated at $550M
De Beers November sight closed with an estimated value of $550 million. Minor adjustments to prices and assortments were reported in different categories.
De Beers’ secrets revealed: here’s what you need to know
Diamond giant De Beers’ share of the rough diamond market has fallen substantially from its peak of over 80 percent in the 1980s, but the company still has a bit of a shady reputation.
Rapaport calls diamond overgrading “significant threat” to industry
In a thunderous new editorial, Rapaport Group chairman Martin Rapaport called the overgrading of diamonds by certain labs a “significant threat”
Running the numbers: how many lab-grown diamonds are there?
One of the biggest deficiencies in our industry is the lack of authoritative stats. So I thought I would kick off a series of posts trying to find out the latest accurate information on our industry.
De Beers is ‘changing with the times’
London – In a lengthy presentation Monday, De Beers executives gave Anglo American PLC investors an overview of its diamond business
Mislabeled diamond causes GIA to suspend sealing service
Gemological Institute of America’s lab has begun an investigation and suspended its diamond sealing service after it spotted a sealed diamond the report of which didn’t match the stone.
Sight report, November 2014
The Sight was estimated to be in the region of $560m and included a range of Ex Plan allocations.
De Beers value proposition
The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report.
Do we still need a World Diamond Council?
Ever since the industry divided over Marange’s readmittance to the Kimberley Process in 2010 and 2011—and has stayed split since then—it’s become standard to take shots at the World Diamond Council.
Signet Jewelers grant to fund KP function
Thanks to a grant from Signet Jewelers, the Diamond Development Initiative will run the technical support function of the Kimberley Process.
DDI to manage Kimberley Process technical assistance
The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) began coordinating the technical assistance function of the Kimberley Process with the financial assistance from Signet Jewelers Ltd.