Jostling for Jewelry's Top Spots
June 08, 23 by John JeffaySignet remains the biggest jewelry retailer in the US, by a mile, in National Jeweler's latest list of $100m Supersellers. And Walmart is still in second place. But elsewhere there's been a fair bit of jostling for positions. In fact, for the first time in recent years there's ... Read More...
Clock Ticking for De Beers and Botswana
June 01, 23 by John JeffayTwenty per cent of the world's diamonds are up for grabs. The clock is ticking on the De Beers rough sales agreement with the government of Botswana. And both sides are under increasing pressure, with less than a month before it's due to be renewed... Read More...
Still No Sign of G7 Diamond Sanctions
May 24, 23 by John JeffayIt's now 15 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. The US leapt in with immediate sanctions on its diamonds, but with a loophole so big you could drive a bus through it. China has strengthened its ties with Russia, the UAE has remained decidedly neutral, as has India, Read More...
Alrosa Breaks its Silence
May 18, 23 by John JeffayWe've not heard much from Alrosa of late. Russia's state-controlled miner has been more or less incommunicado since tanks rolled into Ukraine last February. I was scrolling through my WhatsApp exchanges with their press office in an idle moment. The edited... Read More...
'Speed Dating' for Diamond Dealers
May 11, 23 by John JeffayCall it speed dating, call it matchmaking, it doesn't really matter. It's about getting every diamond buyer in the room with every seller - so they do more deals. Trade shows are traditionally a place to renew old acquaintances, and seek new opportunities.... Read More...
Provenance Device Could Transform Diamond World
May 03, 23 by Erez RivlinThe diamond industry has faced three major disruptive factors in the past three years: lab grown diamonds, the global pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine war. Spacecode, a Swiss company focused on automated diamond inventory management systems, has developed Read More...
The Future of Recycled Diamonds
April 26, 23 by John JeffayJewelers in India have done something unusual. They've created a ring with more diamonds than any other - 50,907 to be precise - which has earned them a Guinness World Record. But the number of diamonds is not, for me, the unusual part. I have no doubt that... Read More...
Inherent Value of Natural Diamonds
April 20, 23 by John JeffayInherent value. That's a phrase that's been swirling about my mind in recent weeks as I've tried to resolve a nagging diamond-related doubt. Thankfully I am now cured, so I shall unburden myself and explain the doubt. And the resolution. David Kellie, CEO of ... Read More...
Russian Doll Diamonds That Slipped Through The Net
April 13, 23 by John JeffayIn 150 years of modern diamond mining we have extracted, according to GIA estimates, approximately 4.5 billion carats. Of those 4.5 billion carats, there have been just three documented cases of a "diamond within a diamond". Read More...
The Price of a Pink
April 06, 23 by John JeffayYou don't have to be an expert to know that pink diamonds are rather pricey. And that they're likely becoming even pricier following the closure in 2020 of the iconic Argyle mine in Australia, which produced 90 per cent of the world's pinks.... Read More...
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