Court Rejects Liquidation Plea after Mine Tragedy
April 23, 26
A court in South Africa has turned down an application by owners of the Ekapa diamond mine - where five workers died in a mud rush in February - for immediate liquidation of the business. The Northern Cape High Court in Kimberley ruled instead that ... Read More...
Hackers Drain Jewelers' Shopify Account
April 23, 26A home-based jewelry business has been forced to halt online sales after hackers drained its Shopify account, leaving a balance of just 18 cents. Co-owners Amanda Stevenson and Cassandra Rose Cooper were shocked to discover the attack on... Read More...
Leonard Bernstein's Jewelry Gifts to be Auctioned
April 23, 26A collection of jewelry gifted by Leonard Bernstein to his wife Felicia Montealegre during their 26-year marriage is to be auctioned next week in New York. It includes a number of Van Cleef & Arpels pieces, notably a pair of diamond and sapphire ear clips (9.00 carats of sapphire... Read More...
Diavik Production Increases in Final Quarter Before Closure
April 22, 26Rio Tinto reported a year-on-year quarterly increase of 11% in diamond production at Diavik, as the mine halted operations in March after 23 years. The mine, in Canada's Northwest Territories (NWT), produced 1.041 million carats during Q1 2026,.. Read More...
"Wall Thieves" Thwarted by Jeweler's Reinforced Safe
April 21, 26Thieves broke into a jewelry store through the wall of the next-door business, but were thwarted by a reinforced safe. It was the latest in a spate of "wall-entry burglaries". The raiders tunneled their way into the bathroom of Neda Jewelry, Sherman Oaks,... Read More...
Memo by John Jeffay
April 23Telling the time on the Moon isn't so easy. You have two weeks of "day", followed by two weeks of "night", so looking out of the window isn't going to help. You need a reliable wristwatch. The crew of Artemis II were all wearing one - with a specially.... Read More...