Botswana’s minerals and energy minister visited the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) this week to thank 18 of its member companies for providing the African country with humanitarian aid. After ...

The tariff cut that the US recently agreed to apply to imports from Switzerland could take effect as soon as December. The Trump administration has said it could take between 10 and 12 days to ...

Swiss watch exports dropped in October as orders from the US normalized following a tariff-induced bump earlier this year. Shipments of luxury timepieces fell 4.4% to CHF 2.2 billion ($2.73 billion) ...

Hong Kong jeweler Luk Fook is expecting to report a revenue and profit spike for the first half of the fiscal year, it said in an update. Although the company has not yet finalized the results for the ...

Canada-based miner Star Diamond has named a new chairman and interim CEO as part of a shake-up of its top team. The company has appointed Wayne Malouf, a director since August of this year, as ...

The Kimberley Process (KP) failed to reach a consensus on broadening the definition of conflict diamonds at last week’s plenary in Dubai, according to industry organizations. “While not unexpected, it ...

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has introduced a digital customer-screening tool diamantaires can use to prevent money-laundering. Know Your Customer Portal (KYCP) is intended to identify ...

Sean Dunn has stepped into the role of president at his family’s Florida retail business, J.R. Dunn Jewelers, succeeding his mother, Ann Marie Dunn. The move was “just something that made sense so the ...

De Beers Group has debuted Origin, its new branded polished-diamond line, at retail stores in the North American market. The product allows jewelers to share the unique story of each De Beers-sourced ...

The diamond industry is undergoing a significant and transformative shake-up. With a major dip in natural-diamond prices, many companies have either diversified their operations to include both ...

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi paused for a moment after stepping up to the podium to address the annual Natural Diamond Summit in Gaborone. As he looked through the marquee venue, aptly known ...

The drop in diamond recoveries is a response to market conditions, but also a reflection of diminishing prospects for viable new mines. Diamond miners are postponing sales and reviewing their ...