Hopes and speculation are no substitute to listening to the market. And the market has spoken. After weeks of high hopes for a solid trading event at the Hong Kong fair, traders returned home without budging much on prices. What message does that send to manufacturers? Read More...

Next month it will be two years since the sharp drop in BHP Billiton’s tender prices marked the big dip in rough diamond prices, an event that shook the diamond industry. Where are tenders going now? Read More...

Be the public sentiment what it may be, whatever the review mission writes in its report (if it succeeds in writing a report), and over whatever issue and for whatever reason the NGOs slam Zimbabwe – the global diamond industry already has a verdict. Read More...

At noon London time this past Monday, Diamond Trading Company (DTC) Sightholders heard some good news. They will be allowed to buy goods at a place that until now was a secondary market sanctuary, Diamdel. Read More...

A week packed with little stories: A review mission discovery, surprise NGO appointment, a Rio Tinto set back, the legality of KP goods and India - separate, yet all intertwined. Read More...

Summertime is a notoriously slow time for news organizations. Little usually happens, and news staffs around the world are on vacation, just like most other working people. Read More...

The first figures that jump out are the clear decline in Botswana’s rough diamond production. After years of leading the global production charts, De Beers' main source of rough diamonds is now clearly lagging behind Russia. Read More...

Many are very impressed by Gareth Penny while others, far, far behind his back, criticize him for turning the diamond industry upside down for no real good reason. But Penny was the right man, at the right place, at the right time. He was the transition guy, the transition manager that De Beers needed. Read More...

We are hanging a decent amount of hope on the Chinese economy and its consumers. While the U.S. and Japan, the diamond industry's two main markets, are not expected to be growth markets, we are counting on China and India to provide us with the new opportunities that the mature markets are not providing any more. Read More...

Pressure, divisions, threats and constant brokering efforts brought the agreement that no one is really happy with. Read More...