After last month’s DTC Sight in South Africa, we noted the ridiculous and amazing situation in which De Beers had been in violation of the Diamond Amendment Act. Read More...

When De Beers recently announced its Forevermark as a worldwide brand for quality diamonds, the market very quickly grasped that this would enable a clear differentiation between natural and synthetic diamonds. Read More...

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is a purely political process designed to certify the origin of rough diamonds from sources free of conflict; as it has evolved, it clearly lacks the validity to be... Read More...

The publication earlier this month by the OECD’s FATF of its risk-based-approach document “Guidance for Dealers in Precious Metals and Stones” has gone largely unnoticed in the diamond industry. Read More...

Eleven U.S. and international diamond, jewelry and pearl trade associations petitioned the U.S. FTC with one fundamental request: amend the jewelry guides. Read More...

This headline is not imaginary, just premature. The current impasse in South Africa has become intolerable. Read More...

When government regulators mess up – and especially when they know it – they may quietly welcome court intervention to assure that things will remain workable. Read More...

Alrosa’s president Vybornov, whom we already identified as one of the industry’s main shakers, has demonstrated this week that Alrosa has the guts and vision to assume a worldwide leadership role in the diamond industry. Read More...

Diamond Circle Capital Plc, a closed-ended investment company incorporated in the Isle of Man, has successfully completed its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Read More...

At a recent exercise to forecast the direction our industry is heading, the crucial final words were “and then, of course, we have the three industry wild cards.” Read More...