Botswana President Duma Boko had to try twice to inject some energy into a sleepy audience at the annual World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) gathering in New York. It was the morning after the ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has updated the terms it will use to describe lab-grown on reports, to distinguish them further from natural diamonds. The new nomenclature will use ...

Alysa Teichman, Co-owner of Ylang 23 “We are excited to see newness from our current designers and how their collections have evolved with rising gold costs. We especially love seeing our overseas ...

The main news from the recent Kimberley Process (KP) intersessional meeting related to the organization’s definition of conflict diamonds. The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), which ...

The US jewelry market is in motion: adapting, evolving, and revealing new patterns of consumer behavior in response to shifting economic and political pressures. In our May-June issue, Rapaport ...

A jewelry-box feel at Trove’s West Village boutique. (Trove) The space also displays works by women artists such as Line Vautrin, Rachel Lancaster and Sanam Khatibi. Trove’s designer-in-residence ...

Sweta Jain, Designer and president, Goshwara “I’ve witnessed significant shifts in the market over two decades. When I first started, it was a seller’s market, but today, I strongly believe it has ...

In late March, a trio of industry groups — the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA), and the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) — issued a ...

Botswana President Duma Boko has announced plans for the termination of over 1,000 workers at Debswana, the government’s joint venture with De Beers. Boko made the declaration at a recent address to ...

On a recent episode of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast, a prominent executive in the Indian manufacturing sector gave a revealing report of his company’s current operations. “Since October, we are back ...

The Rapaport Group has appointed veteran technology executive Dan Mano as its new chief executive officer, signaling a renewed push toward digital innovation across its diamond and jewelry businesses.

In the latest video episode of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast, Roy Safit, CEO of the Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF), delves into the colored-diamond market and what’s driving price trends. The ...