An unmounted diamond from De Beers, called the Jwaneng 28.88, was one of the top-selling items at the most recent jewelry sale at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, bringing in HKD 21 million ($2.7 million). The ...

Alrosa has unanimously reelected Pavel Marinychev as its CEO and chairman of the managing board for another three-year term. Marinychev joined Alrosa in 2016 and became CEO in 2023 after leading group ...

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” is a saying well applied to Oscar Heyman & Brothers. Since this band of brothers formed a company on New York’s Maiden Lane in 1912, they have quietly and ...

Diamond miners are postponing sales and reviewing their production plans amid the weak market environment. “We have taken the proactive decision to defer the upcoming August-September tender from our ...

The diamond-manufacturing industry has made significant strides in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into scanning, planning, polishing, quality control, and other elements of the process.

Last year, British jeweler Boodles inked a deal with Rio Tinto to gain direct access to diamonds from the latter’s Diavik mine in Canada, as well as to the remaining pink diamonds from the miner’s now ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

It only takes a brief dip into jewelry archives to understand the role pearls have played in history. Pearls were, after all, the gem of choice for international nobility, and to some degree, they ...

There’s anticipation in the air as two young miners follow their sorting supervisor into a tin-roofed structure atop a mound at the Baken mine. A sign at the entrance announces the space as the ...

Diamonds account for a huge percentage of transactions at Gold & Silver Pawn in Las Vegas, and because of price drops in the natural-diamond market, the bustling business has had to adjust how much it ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

The global colored-gemstone industry is navigating an unusual contradiction: Demand has softened in several key consumer markets, yet prices for fine material remain elevated. The supply of ...