US consumer spending rose for the sixth consecutive month in March as shoppers found themselves with extra cash thanks to higher-than-usual tax refunds. Retail revenue increased 0.4% from February and ...

De Beers has extended its Desert diamonds collection into the bridal arena, with jewelry featuring stones in a lighter palette. The collection, which spotlights diamonds in hues ranging from warm ...

“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 ...

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.

In the past, jewelry clients would rank authenticity, value, durability and rarity as essential qualities when deciding on a diamond or gemstone, with mine-to-market traceability being desirable but ...

What is a jewel worth? This is the question an auction house must ask when determining an estimate. On the surface, the estimate represents a calculated projection. In truth, the estimate is a ...

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

Technology firms have been tackling the challenge of diamond traceability for many years. Now that interest in tracking systems is growing, tech providers are pushing their solutions, which tend to ...

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 ...

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 International Gemological Institute (IGI) has reaffirmed that it will keep grading synthetic diamonds, applying the terminology it uses for natural, even as other labs have changed their policies.