DPA rebrands as the Natural Diamond Council
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has unveiled its rebranding to ‘Natural Diamond Council’ (NDC) with a new consumer facing identity...
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Jewellery industry news from around the world.
Alrosa ‘virtually stops’ trade in April
Alrosa Group announced it has “virtually stopped” selling rough and polished diamonds in light of the ongoing pandemic, though it...
Signet Jewellers performance ‘falls short’ over Christmas
Signet Jewellers, the parent company of H. Samuel and Ernest Jones, has reported a dip in like-for-like sales over the...
Vicenzaoro show reports increase in foreign visitors
The September 2019 edition of Vicenzaoro saw a 10% increase in foreign trade members, who arrived from 117 nations worldwide....
Alrosa raises $6.5m at Vladivostok rough diamond auction
Diamond mining company Alrosa has summed up the results of the international auction for special size rough diamonds (over 10.8...
Gemometrics reveals GemPen’s ‘strong performance’ in DPA test
Gemometrics has revealed that recently published results from rigorous testing show that its GemPen diamond tester exhibited “high accuracy” on...
Former president of the GIA Glenn Nord dies
Glenn Nord, member of the GIA Board of Governors and past president of the Institute, died on Sunday, 9 June....
Diamond Producers Association releases online tools for retailers
The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has launched an expanded offering of educational assets available to the jewellery trade at the...
GIA adds country of origin reports for coloured diamonds
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has added natural coloured diamonds to its GIA Diamond Origin Report Service. The group...
RapNet to vote on synthetics service
RapNet, the world’s largest diamond trading network with daily listings of over $7.4bn (£5.8bn), will be voting on whether it...
