Two Guilty of Beating Jeweler to Death
October 09, 25
Two men have been found guilty of beating jeweler Hussein "Sam" Murray to death during an attempted robbery at his home in Michigan, USA. They posed as workers for DTE Energy, a local electricity and gas company, produced bogus paperwork... Read More...
Clock is Ticking on Luanda Accord, says AWDC
October 09, 25The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has publicly expressed frustration over the stalled $100m-plus global campaign to promote natural diamonds, agreed in Angola almost four months ago. It says there is no time to waste in implementing the... Read More...
Schlumberger Auction Features Dali's Surrealist Swirling Sea Necklace
October 09, 25Items of jewelry owned by the French-born architect, heiress, arts patron, and philanthropist Anne Schlumberger will be among 90 lots offered by Sotheby's in a series of sales of her possessions. The sales, called The Schlumberger Collection, and starting on... Read More...
Okavango: "It wasn't an Emergency Tender"
October 08, 25Okavango, Botswana's state-owned diamond company, says its planned sale of 1m rough carats last month was not "an emergency tender". And it says the fact that it didn't sell a single stone didn't mean it was a failure. Rather, it was the result of a ... Read More...
Namibia Cautious about De Beers' Bid
October 08, 25The government of Namibia is cautiously considering joining a pan-African consortium that could put in a bid to acquire and operate De Beers. The world's eighth biggest diamond-producing nation has a 50/50 partnership called Namdeb Holdings with De Beers, ... Read More...
Memo by John Jeffay
October 09There are Fabergé eggs, and there are Fabergé eggs. The originals (there were just 50 of them) were the preserve of Russian royalty. They were the ultimate Easter gift, presented by the tsar to his wife or mother. Money was no object. They were designed and Read More...