An unmounted diamond from De Beers, called the Jwaneng 28.88, was one of the top-selling items at the most recent jewelry sale at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, bringing in HKD 21 million ($2.7 million). The ...

Alrosa has unanimously reelected Pavel Marinychev as its CEO and chairman of the managing board for another three-year term. Marinychev joined Alrosa in 2016 and became CEO in 2023 after leading group ...

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” is a saying well applied to Oscar Heyman & Brothers. Since this band of brothers formed a company on New York’s Maiden Lane in 1912, they have quietly and ...

Technology firms have been tackling the challenge of diamond traceability for many years. Now that interest in tracking systems is growing, tech providers are pushing their solutions, which tend to ...

The diamond-manufacturing industry has made significant strides in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into scanning, planning, polishing, quality control, and other elements of the process.

Last year, British jeweler Boodles inked a deal with Rio Tinto to gain direct access to diamonds from the latter’s Diavik mine in Canada, as well as to the remaining pink diamonds from the miner’s now ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

It only takes a brief dip into jewelry archives to understand the role pearls have played in history. Pearls were, after all, the gem of choice for international nobility, and to some degree, they ...

There’s anticipation in the air as two young miners follow their sorting supervisor into a tin-roofed structure atop a mound at the Baken mine. A sign at the entrance announces the space as the ...

With 35 new entrants and five first-time winners, the 2025 Spectrum & Cutting Edge Awards were a celebration of fresh talent. Trends among the entries included tourmalines, pink and purple gems, ...

Diamond miners are postponing sales and reviewing their production plans amid the weak market environment. “We have taken the proactive decision to defer the upcoming August-September tender from our ...

The conversation about synthetic diamonds has reached a fever pitch as oversupply and cheaper production costs continue to push down prices and trade-in values, even while consumer exposure and demand ...