The five-year plan of Andreev
When you talk with experts from Antwerp or Israel about ALROSA, they often say that “the market has changed a lot since the Russian company emerged on it in 2009.”
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Deloitte predicts 4% increase in U.S. christmas season retail sales
Deloitte anticipates that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales for 2014 will increase by between 4 percent and 4.5 percent year on year to between $981 billion and $986 billion.
A watch from Apple could lift the bunch
I think I should begin this blog with a bit of an apology: We, like so many others, predicted incorrectly.
Lessons from Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair that took place this week reassured the diamond trade that things are not quite as bad as they seem.
Citing health concerns, Alrosa president steps down
Moscow – Alrosa, one of the world’s largest diamond mining companies, announced that President Fyodor Andreev is resigning for medical reasons.
Antwerp Diamond Bank to shut down
Brussels – Yet another bank seems set to exit the jewelry industry, as KBC said Friday that the sale of the Antwerp Diamond Bank to Yinren Group has fallen through and it will, according to its agreement with the European Commission, wind down the bank’s activities.
How can we maintain consistent diamond grading standards?
In response to my blog post last week, Don Palmieri, president of the Gem Certification & Assurance Lab (GCAL) wrote in with his view on how to solve the problem of variable lab standards:
De Beers: global diamond jewelry demand reaches $79B in 2013
Press release – Global demand for diamond jewelry reached a record high of $79 billion in 2013, according to the inaugural “Diamond Insight Report,” published today by the De Beers Group of Companies.
Tiffany & Co. reveals its Masterpieces Collection for fall 2014
The latest collection from Tiffany & Co. marks the debut of a number of modern Tiffany Masterpieces and was created by the brand’s design director, Francesca Amfitheatrof.
The latest big find is a 232-carat white diamond
London – Petra Diamonds has pulled an exceptional 232.08-carat white diamond out of its Cullinan mine in South Africa, the latest in a string of large rough finds this year.
Diamonds at auction, is it all it’s cracked up to be?
The audience in the large space where auctions are held tends to be tense, excited, curious and worried when an exceptional item is on the stand and the auctioneer is soliciting ever-higher bids.
New wave of diamond fever sweeps Canada’s Northwest Territories
Diamond deposits, in the words of one senior geologist, are like pigeons. Where you find one, you’re likely to find an entire flock.