Demand for diamond jewelry is expected to see annual growth of between 2% and 4% until the year 2025. The diamond miner is forecasting a significant increase in 2019, followed by a decline in 2020 and then steady growth in the coming years.
World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) President Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri has criticized the comments of Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio on synthetic diamonds, according to a news item on theIsrael Diamond Exchange website.
Scientists in Japan have successfully recorded the atomic bonds between diamond and cubic boron nitride: the hardest known materials on earth. This feat could ultimately lead to the design of new types of semiconductors.
A blue diamond from the South African mine famous for contributing to the British Crown Jewels sold for more than $25 million in New York on Thursday, Christie's said.
In his palm was an object that would soon be weighed at 1,109 carats and declared the biggest diamond found anywhere in the world for a century.
A rare, largest of its type, 2.83-carat violet diamond has been discovered at a Rio Tinto Western Australian mine, according to the Australian.
The American Gem Society Laboratories (AGSL) is to launch a new natural diamond verification service that can distinguish if a diamond is natural or lab-grown or has undergone High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) treatment.
Leonardo DiCaprio has a diamond proposal for you. The Oscar winner is among an elite circle of Hollywood and Silicon Valley backers behind Diamond Foundry (Disruptor No. 33)
Industry sources said the DPA is set to launch generic promotion of diamonds in India, the United States and China to boost consumer demand. The GJEPC has offered financial support to the DPA in the generic campaign targeting the millennials.
International diamond producers on Friday unveiled a new marketing slogan "Real is Rare" to reach out to a younger generation of buyers, although major producer De Beers says diamonds will always be forever.
New research suggests that planet formation in the early universe might have created carbon planets consisting of graphite, carbides, and diamond. Astronomers might find these diamond worlds by searching a rare class of stars.
The breakthrough claimed by the Technology Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials (TISNCM) in conjunction with the Siberian Federal University, is diamond substrate MEMS resonators whose speed exceeds 20GHz
The Central Africa Republic will restart diamond exports three years after its stones were found to be funding armed groups in an inter-religious conflict and placed under embargo, the mines minister said on Monday.
Rio Tinto said it plans to put transparency of a diamond’s origin at the heart of its sales and marketing strategy, as the provenance of gems comes under sharper focus among the trade and consumers.
Rough diamond imports in April more than trebled to $74 million from $22 million a year ago, while rough exports more than quadrupled to $80 million from $18 million a year earlier.
In recent years, synthetic diamond appeared frequently in Fujian, Xiamen, etc., which is strikingly similar to natural diamond. Experts says these synthetic diamonds are being sold in the jewelry store, pawn shops and online stores.
Diamonds are one of the most coveted gemstones. But while some may want the perfect diamond for its sparkle, physicists covet the right diamonds to perfect their experiments.
Rockwell Diamonds aims to capitalise on improvements in the diamond market as it delivers on its new strategic objectives.
The drastic contraction of 12 percent in the country’s mining industry up to the third quarter of 2015 has been attributed to a sharp decline in diamonds and copper-nickel production and sales.
Along with being a "girl's best friend," diamonds also have remarkable properties that could make them ideal semiconductors. This is welcome news for electronics.