Shares of gem and jewellery firms listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) surged on Monday in the wake of the Indian government’s announcement that gold and gold jewellery would attract a Goods & Services Tax (GST) of 3 percent.

Indian online digital wallet and retail system Paytm says it has sold more than 100 kilograms of gold on its platform and is now in discussions with jewellers across the country to enable buyers to redeem their digital gold in the form of jewellery.

Daily jewellery sales in India declined by 70 percent on Monday, the first full day after the roll-out of the country’s new Goods and Services Tax (GST), according to Nitin Khandelwal, Chairman of the All India Gem & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF).

Copenhagen-based mass-market jewellery brand PANDORA, which saw revenue declining 10 percent over the first quarter of this year

The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) plans to throw $50 million of its just-announced 2017 marketing budget of $57 million into US market promotions.

The Indian government announced its long-awaited tax regime for the gem and jewellery industry under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) system over the weekend.

While US consumers now account for roughly half of all diamond jewellery bought worldwide, buying $41 billion of the $80 billion sold globally

Signet Jewelers Limited said that it had recently submitted its fourth consecutive Conflict Minerals Report to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in accordance with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and state-controlled Russian diamond mining giant ALROSA signed

The global personal luxury goods market is expected to grow by 2 to 4 percent to €254-€259 billion

In a sign that it was recovering from a slump in 2016, brought about mainly by the Indian currency reform that adversely impacted demand from its Indian long-term clients

Signet Jewelers Limited announced that same store sales declined 11.5 percent during the first quarter of fiscal 2018 — the 13 weeks ended April 29, 2017.

Tiffany & Co., reporting results for the year ended January 31, 2017, said worldwide net sales rose 1 percent to $900 million due to growth in Asia-Pacific and an increase in the sale of diamonds on a wholesale basis.

De Beers today announced that its Forevermark diamond brand has inscribed its two millionth diamond.

Caroline Scheufele, co-president and creative director of Swiss luxury watch and jewellery company Chopard

ALROSA President Sergey Ivanov and Angolan national diamond company Endiama President Antonio Carlos Sumbula signed and agreement giving ALROSA a 50.5 percent stake in Angola’s Luaxe diamond deposit.

A single-stone ring by Van Cleef & Arpels featuring a 10.28-carat, E colour, marquise-cut diamond is set to lead the Bonhams London Fine Jewellery sale on April 27. The ring has a pre-auction estimate of £150,000-£200,000 ($187,200-$250,000).

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday registered six cases against Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd.

Police arrested 10 suspected Russian gangsters on Wednesday for allegedly defrauding diamond dealers in New York, Las Vegas and Mumbai out of more than $9 million in diamonds.

Indian Amabassador to Zimbabwe Rungsung Masakui said that country should partner with other countries to establish a diamond cutting and polishing centre if the country is to benefit from value-addition of its gemstones.

Indian online jewellery retailer CaratLane, now majority owned by the Titan Company, which owns India’s largest jewellery brand Tanishq

China jewellery retail major Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (TSL), which reported a drop in turnover and profits for the fiscal year ended February 28

Angry minority shareholders in the UK of coloured gemstone producer Gemfields Plc have rejected an unsolicited takeover bid by Pallinghurst Resources, which already owns 47 percent of the coloured gemstone mining firm.

The United Nations said it plans to send additional peacekeeping forces to the diamond-mining town of Bangassou in the Central African Republic (CAR), to quell a recent wave of violence.

Russian diamond miner ALROSA sold $554.2 million worth of rough diamonds and $12.4 million in polished over March 2017.

Luxury group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton reported revenue of €879 million ($932.1 million) for its Watches & Jewellery business group in the first quarter of 2017.

Sales that have fallen 8 percent over the first two months of this year, on top of a 10 percent fall through 2016, have diverted luxury watch sales from the China market to the US grey market, reports Reuters.

The World Diamond Mark Foundation (WDM) will launch its Part of You diamond retailer

De Beers today announced that its Auction Sales business will pilot the sale of its own polished diamonds using auctions for the first time.

The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) opened a new wing dedicated to promoting internet marketing among its members.

A pair of pear-shaped diamond earrings nicknamed Apollo and Artemis, were sold at auction in Geneva by Sotheby's on Tuesday for a record $57.4 million.

De Beers announced that its provisional sales total for the fourth cycle of 2017

Titan Co. Ltd., which owns the Tanishq jewellery brand, the Titan watch brand and holds a majority stake in online jewellery retailer Carat Lane

Swiss luxury group Richemont, which owns the Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery brands

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will convene its sixth International Gemological Symposium in Carlsbad

Two diamond paintings by jewellery designer and artist Reena Ahluwalia will be auctioned at the Jewelers for Children Facets of Hope event in Las Vegas.

French luxury brand LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, which owns the Bulgar

A 20-member delegation of India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, led by MP Kirit Somaiya, visited training centres of the Gem

The Plumb Club and JCK announced that they will be partnering to host a Diamond Producers Association (DPA) presentation that will discuss the challenge of changing millennial perceptions about diamonds

Signet Jewelers Limited announced that it had reached an agreement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve all claims related

GIA Detects Natural White Diamond With Fancy Blue CVD Layer On Top

De Beers Research Project To Store Carbon In Kimberlite

Signet Announces Retirement Of Veterans Lee, McEwen

De Beers: $5B In Returns To Partners, Local Communities In 2016

Diamond Empowerment Fund Award Recipients To Be Honoured In Las Vegas

Zimbabwe Govt. Settles With Ousted Private Miners In Marange Takeover

Luxury group Kering reported a record performance for the first quarter of 2017, reporting revenue of €3.6 billion ($3.93 billion) for the period.

KP Must Now Face Non-Conflict Issues Like Origin Guarantees: Polyakov

The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), part of the De Beers Group

India’s exports of gems and jewellery provisionally increased 9.85 percent to $43.16 billion in fiscal 2017 (April 2016 to March 2017) over the $39.24 billion in fiscal 2016 (April 2015 to March 2016)