The diamond industry, like many others, enjoyed a spectacular run for 2 years since the initial Covid lockdowns, thanks in big measure to the large stimulus packages provided by various governments. While things have cooled off after March this year, markets have been.... Read More...

Have you ever wondered lately exactly when rough diamond prices went down? Analyzing the specific period during which prices change could generate tools to improve the challenging decision-making related to diamond trading. Experienced diamond buyers are  Read More...

A majority of the participants in the LGD area have their roots in the diamond business and consider lab-grown diamonds (LGD) to be an extension of their diamond business, albeit a much more profitable one. Anyone who runs an LGD business on the same ... Read More...

Life moves on. The Ford Model T had an internal combustion engine. The Tesla runs on electricity. Suitcases didn't have wheels before 1970. And now they do. We've been digging diamonds out of the ground for the last 2,500 years. Now we can grow them in a lab... Read More...

The war in Ukraine is inevitably nudging India towards lab grown diamonds. Things were already moving in that direction before Russia's tanks rolled in six months ago, but subsequent events have been a catalyst. Sanctions, supply shortages and banking restrictions...  Read More...

Pandora grabbed the headlines again this week with the launch of its lab grown collection in the US. It was a second bite of the PR cherry for the world's biggest jeweler. You may recall back in May 2021 when it announced it was ditching mined diamonds to  Read More...

What's worth more, a one-off Tiffany & Co gold pendant studded with diamonds and gemstones. Or the computer-generated pixel-art image of a face on which it is based? Old-fashioned common sense would suggest the former. But in today's upside-down world, it's not... Read More...

Few people get to lay eyes on the world's largest pink diamond. The Daria-e Noor, part of the Iranian crown jewels, sits in a dimly-lit and heavily-fortified basement in the country's central bank in Tehran. Visitors are allowed in, for eight hours a week, but ... Read More...

Few people get to lay eyes on the world's largest pink diamond. The Daria-e Noor, part of the Iranian crown jewels, sits in a dimly-lit and heavily-fortified basement in the country's central bank in Tehran. Visitors are allowed in, for eight hours a week, but they are... Read More...

The Brink's jewelry heist that netted up to $100m, and the offer of a $7m reward for the return of Tamara Ecclestone's stolen gems - it's been a busy time for news of high-value crime. Thieves broke into an armored van near Los Angeles earlier this month as Read More...