The global diamond industry is experiencing its deepest crisis in history. The sharp decline in demand and polished-diamond prices, which began in late 2022 and intensified throughout 2023 and 2024, ...

Established in 1976, the Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond ...

RAPAPORT PRESS RELEASE, July 1, 2025, Las Vegas… The diamond market remained cautious in June as the industry awaited decisions on prospective US tariffs. The Las Vegas shows saw resilience in the ...

A pear-cut, 10.73-carat spessartite garnet from 100% Natural. (100% Natural) Leibish Polnauer, whose New York- and Israel-based company, Leibish, deals in fancy-color diamonds and colored gems, says ...

AI plays a multifaceted role in the industry, streamlining production, customization, 3D visualization, and photography, as well as enhancing the overall customer experience. It also contributes to ...

In addition to allowing sightholders to buy less, De Beers reduced its production program for the year. It now expects to recover 23 million to 26 million carats in 2024, rather than the 26 million to ...

In April 2022, a group of local miners discovered a new variety of chalcedony rich in copper minerals in Indonesia’s Maluka islands. The workers uncovered the gemstone accidentally when a bulldozer ...

Elhanati earring in 18-karat gold with Botswanamark diamonds. (Elhanati) Opsydia, which formed in 2017 out of a project at the University of Oxford, uses laser inscriptions to track diamonds. Its ...

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi paused for a moment after stepping up to the podium to address the annual Natural Diamond Summit in Gaborone. As he looked through the marquee venue, aptly known ...

Bruce Cleaver He never imagined those goals would be challenged by a global pandemic and a war in Ukraine that has brought sanctions on Russian diamonds — approximately one-third of global rough ...

Tracr only scans gem-quality rough above 3-grainers. Because De Beers aggregates all of the rough from its operations in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa, the company declares the source ...

President Duma Boko has called for every diamond from Botswana’s mines to remain in the country for manufacturing, signaling a major policy shift, according to a local report. “We are moving to a ...