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When the government of Botswana decided not to take up its preemptive rights to acquire an additional 10 percent stake in De Beers two years ago, they effectively paved the way for Anglo American to lift its shares in the diamond group to 85 percent.
With the continued concern about different lab standards, maybe it’s time to look at the bigger picture.
Rarely has a collection combined so many of the codes specific to the Maison that created it. “Peau d’Âne raconté par Van Cleef & Arpels” is exemplary, using more than a hundred pieces to illustrate, with virtuosity, the spirit of Van Cleef & Arpels. A Maison that we know so well but that never fails […]
Harry Levy, president of the London Diamond Bourse and numerous other groups, writes in with the following comments on my post from last week (on July,24) on whether lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds:
The rough diamond sector has had two price drivers in the past couple of months: good demand for polished diamonds accompanied by rising polished prices, and Alrosa’s announcement that it will supply fewer rough goods in the July-September period.
An exceptionally rare 12-carat cushion-cut aqua blue diamond, known as the “Blue Moon,” will go on public display in three weeks’ time in Los Angeles, California.
De Beers is talking about change, urging the trade to be proactive in dealing with a persistently uncertain and volatile market environment. While the company has directed its message to the diamond industry at large, and specifically to sightholders, it continues to evolve its own agenda and business strategy to ensure growth in such a […]
The Biennale des Antiquaires, France’s biannual antiques fair, is back at home at the heart of the Grand Palais in Paris for its 27th edition from September 11 to 21, 2014.
1. There is generally a good mood in the entire diamond pipeline, something I haven’t seen in quite some time. From top to bottom, diamond miners are reporting an increase in income and production, as well as a rise in rough diamond prices.
Rough trading slows amid liquidity concerns. The De Beers August sight closed last week with an estimated value of $715 million as the company maintained steady prices despite liquidity concerns in the diamond manufacturing sector.
The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) is inviting attendees of this year’s International Jewellery London (IJL) to an event to celebrate the upcoming launch of its new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) course for jewelry professionals.
I feel as though I’ve written a fair number of “large rough unearthed” stories in recent months, so many, in fact, that I began to wonder: Has this been an unusually active year for finding rough diamonds that are 100 carats or larger?