IGI India Purchases Netherlands, Belgium Labs

On Dec. 23, the newly public International Gemological Institute (IGI) purchased its Netherlands and Belgium labs, bringing all the IGIs worldwide...

Choron Group Buys De Beers Sightholder AMC

Antwerp-based diamond company Choron Group has acquired De Beers sightholder AMC Group, effective Jan. 1, and will integrate AMC’s facilities into...

Sell More by Using These Fun Facts With Clients

Fun facts are pieces of useful information that go beyond nickel knowledge. They are intended as edutainment—stimulating conversation that teaches...

De Beers, GJEPC Form New Natural Diamond “Alliance”

De Beers Group and India's Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) have announced a strategic collaboration to “strengthen the natural...

Lab-Grown Diamond Marketing Is Hurting Industry, CIBJO President Says

Lab-grown diamond companies are marketing their products in ways that could damage consumer confidence in the overall industry, (more…)

Steve Feldman Looks Back on 45-Plus Years in the Jewelry Business

Steve Feldman remembers his first day in the jewelry industry. It was the late 1970s. He had just started working as associate publisher for National...

Dec. 20 Diamond Shavings: Your Friday Web Roundup

This is the last roundup of 2024. I will be on vacation between Christmas and New Year's, so Diamond Shavings will not run next Friday. Wishing all...

Lark & Berry Opens Lab-Grown Diamond Store in Houston

London-based lab-grown diamond retailer Lark & Berry has opened a store in the Upper Kirby area of Houston. (more…)

IDCA Elects Manoj Bhandari President

The Indian Diamond and Colorstone Association (IDCA) chose Manoj Bhandari, a principal of RMC Gems, as its new president at a board meeting in New...

Lucara Announces Names of Two Mega-Diamonds

Lucara Diamond Corp. has announced the winning names for two noteworthy diamonds discovered this year at its Karowe mine in Botswana. (more…)

EU Grants Diamond Foundry $85 Million for Spanish Lab-Grown Factory

The European Union (EU) has approved a grant of 81 million euros—about $85 million—to lab-grown diamond producer Diamond Foundry to complete its...