What Is Lab-Grown Gold? (And What It Really Means for Jewelry)
February 24, 26
Lab-grown gold is often used as a marketing term to simply refer to recycled or recovered gold. While it is possible for scientists to create lab-grown gold via scientific processes like nuclear transmutation, making true gold in a lab is highly impractical... Read More...
$25m Cash Injection for Meya Mine
February 24, 26Meya Mining Company has secured a $25m facility that will bring it closer to starting commercial production at its mine in Sierra Leone's Kono District. It has agreed terms with the pan-African banking group Ecobank. The capital will allow Meya... Read More...
Anglo Slashes De Beers' Value from $4.1bn to $2.3bn
February 23, 26Mining giant Anglo American has almost halved the book value of De Beers to $2.3bn, as the ailing diamond miner reported losses of $511m for 2025 (from $25m in 2024). Anglo blamed "ongoing challenging rough diamond trading conditions" as well as... Read More...
Chaos and Uncertainty over US Tariffs Flip-Flop
February 22, 26The diamond industry is facing chaos and uncertainty after U.S. tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court - only to be immediately re‑introduced by President Donald Trump using different legislation. On Friday (20 February), the Supreme Court... Read More...
Slight Slip for India's Polished Exports
February 19, 26India's polished diamond exports dipped by 3.6 per cent year-on-year in January, following on from modest growth (+2.7 per cent) in December 2025, and a 38 per cent surge in November. The slight dip in January reflects the usual post-holiday pause... Read More...
Memo by John Jeffay
February 12It's almost eight months since the Luanda Accord was agreed - and diamond producers pledged one per cent of their rough revenue to fund a global NDC campaign promoting natural stones. Multiple opportunities to tell and sell the story of natural diamonds have ... Read More...