Natural diamonds polished in the European Union will no longer be subject to tariffs upon import into the US. The exemption, which brings the tax rate to 0% from the previous 15%, is part of a US ...

Recent trade fairs in Asia confirm growth in one market and decline in another, with tariffs putting the brakes on all sales to the US. Sales values and attendance were both up at the 72nd Bangkok ...

The White House has expressed a willingness to remove reciprocal duties on natural diamonds for select countries — but a full exemption is still some way off. US President Donald Trump “may be willing ...

On the surface, this week’s De Beers sight has been uneventful. The miner kept prices and flexibility rules the same as at the last sale. Demand remained split, with large rough selling and small ...

Burgundy Diamond Mines will suspend operations at one of the two active pits at its Ekati mine in Canada and let go of hundreds of workers to cope with financial constraints stemming from the market ...

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized five shipments carrying nearly 2,200 pieces of counterfeit jewelry valued at over $25 million. The first packages customs confiscated in Louisville, ...

The jewelry segment continued its positive momentum, heading for a strong result for the year, even as the overall personal luxury goods market lags. There are three potential scenarios for the market ...

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is launching a new marketing campaign for natural diamonds that centers around a gumball machine full of synthetics that can be “won” for five euros, in an ...

There was a degree of skepticism and confusion in the diamond hall of the JCK Las Vegas show after De Beers’ announcement of its latest marketing program. The miner launched Ombré Desert Diamonds, a ...

During her industrial design studies at Lawrence Technological University, Jenna Sloane made the jump into lapidary work, trading design sketches for the whir of a faceting wheel. She began by ...

Garrard recently reported that it was selling lots of brooches again, to both men and women. The red carpet has been influential in this revival, with male celebrities adding some sparkle to their ...

The World Diamond Council (WDC) is calling on the US government to provide a dispensation for the diamond industry when implementing tariffs, noting the levies would put more than 200,000 jobs at risk ...