A 10-carat fancy intense pink and a range of ‘intense to vivid’ yellow diamonds from 2 to 10 carats will be among the headline features of the Koin International rough tender of African diamonds in Antwerp from May 8 to 17.

A new grant from The Tiffany & Co. Foundation will enable Saleem Ali, the University of Delaware Professor of Energy and Environment

The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) expects robust sales across India during the festival of Akshaya Tritiya on April 28.

Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, which controls the Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, with over 2,300 retail outlets, has diversified into the energy sector with the $3.1 billion purchase of Alinta Energy in Western Australia.

Danish mass-market jewellery brand PANDORA has entered the Indian market with the official opening of its concept store in the `Mall of India ́, in the Noida area of Delhi.

Gitanjali Group-owned Indian online jewellery retailer Jewelsouk.com has announced a television promotional campaign with Bollywood actor Sunny Leone as its brand ambassador.

De Beers said its rough diamond production in the first quarter of 2017 was 7.4 million carats, an increase of 8 per cent over the 6.9 million carats produced in the first quarter of 2016.

Danish mass-market jewellery brand PANDORA has entered the Indian market with the official opening of its concept store in the `Mall of India ́, in the Noida area of Delhi.

Lower ore grades and processed volumes at Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia saw first quarter 2017 production dropping 16 percent below the fourth quarter of 2016 to 3.02 million carats.

Russian diamond miner ALROSA’s first quarter production for 2017 totalled 8.9 million carats, up by 9 percent year-on-year. The company said this is in line with its 2017 production plan of 39.2 million carats (a 5 percent year-on-year increase)

Gitanjali Group-owned Indian online jewellery retailer Jewelsouk.com has announced a television promotional campaign with Bollywood actor Sunny Leone as its brand ambassador.

international meeting of Mujeres Brillantes (Brilliant Women), a group of about 500 gold and jewellery businesswomen from Latin America, Turkey, Spain , Italy, England and Israel will be hosted by the Vicenzaoro trade show in Vicenza on September 24.