Diamonds international has launched its sixth outlet at the recently refurbished Departures Lounge at the Malta International Airport. Its flagship store was launched at Portomaso only six months ago. According to Karl Micallef, Director of Diamonds International “the store was designed by a team of Italian designers.The decor of the store is similar to our […]
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Forevermark has unveiled the exclusive Forevermark Precious Collection (TM- Trade Mark) in Japan. According to a recent press release by Forevermark, behind each Forevermark diamond is a precious story. Since time immemorial diamonds have inspired countless myths, tales and legends. In today’s context this could be a love pledge, personal celebration, enduring love or a […]
Indian based Flawless Diamonds Limited received two orders worth USD 2.28 million USD. The company notified the Bobbay Stock Exchange (BSE) about the orders. The company beleives that gold, jewelry and diamond markets have started to revive. The first order came from Hong Kong based Malay Impex, worth US$ 1.2, while the second order came […]
Helzberg diamonds has signed up with Jewelry.COM as a retail partner. Ofer Azrielant, Chairman of Jewelry .COM said “We welcome Helzberg Diamonds to the Jewelry.COM family. He also noted that shoppers who visit jewelry. com can compare prices, styles and sign up for special offers. Helzberg has been specializing in diamonds since 1915. “We are […]
The Department of Economic Affairs, Northern Cape, South Africa is to set up a new diamond and jewellery academy at Kimberley. The news was made public by a department representative to Mining Weekly. Until June 22nd the department accept submissions of tenders for the project from diamond cutting cutting and polishing equipment manufacturers.The company also […]
Photo above- Christie’s On Thursday the 11th of June at New York a rare blue diamond fetched approximately $3.6 million-US$3,554,,500 or US$565,000 a carat at Christie’s Spring Jewellery Sale. The blue diamond, a pear cut 6.29-carat fancy intense blue stone was purchased by an anonimous buyer. The auction held at the Rockefeller plaza (sale […]
Update: Angelina Jolie (34) is considering getting married to her long time boyfriend Brad pitt (45) according to Mirror .co.uk. They are planning to wed by the end of summer in New Orleans,their six children are also going to be involved in a big way. The news of the wedding comes amid rumors of a […]
The Botswana government is set to receive a US$ 1.5 Billion loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB). According to Bloomberg this money will be used to fill part of the budget deficit for the year 2009/2010, said an e-mail statement from the Tunisia based bank . The U.S $ 1.5 billion loan is the […]
Photo above: Chairman of IDC- Stephane Fischler This week the International Diamond Council (IDC) released an update of its “IDC rules for Grading Diamonds”. According to IDC Chairman Stephane Fischler, the rules were incorporated after industry-wide consultations and discussion by the IDC board. Stephane said “It is essential that we keep our focus on bringing […]
De Beers, the worlds largest diamond group is to increase stocks of rough diamonds. The De Beers Managing Director Gareth Penny noted that stocks of rough diamonds were down by 20-30 percent from 2008 peaks. This was disclosed in the first ever Antwerp Town Hall Meeting for diamonds. The news was welcomed by the Antwerp […]