Three gemologists have opened Swiss International Gemlab (SIG), which will use a proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) system to assist grading and consistency. SIG, the brainchild of senior ...

War, tariffs and soaring metal and gemstone costs have all been thrown at US jewelry stores in the last year, and while a handful of 100-year-old-plus institutions have closed up shop, many have ...

Mountain Province’s loss widened in 2025 as weak demand led to a drop in the average price for its rough and the company incurred an impairment. The miner, which operates the Gahcho Kué mine in Canada ...

Last year, I wrote a story for this publication about eight new jewelry stores opening in New York. Within days, my inbox filled with messages from jewelers eager to let me know that they, too, had ...

Pandora has opened a new distribution center in Canada to cut delivery times and offset its exposure to US tariffs. The site, located in Mississauga, Ontario, will handle up to 12,500 online orders ...

In a market that has grown used to getting its supply from a handful of world-class deposits, the colored-gemstone trade is increasingly expanding to another channel: vintage and antique jewelry. For ...

“A single eye is enough to evoke an entire world of emotions and states of mind,” says Italy-based jeweler Giulia Fracasso. In recent years, eye jewelry has surged into the spotlight, from protective ...

An emerald and diamond ring stole the show at a recent jewelry sale at Phillips in Hong Kong. The piece, which features a step-cut, 9.22-carat Colombian emerald within a surround of trapeze-cut ...

Nina Runsdorf hadn’t worked with silver since her teens, but last year, she launched Archive, a silver collection with designs rooted early in her career. “I found myself wearing bolder, more ...

India’s natural-diamond sector will encounter three possible outcomes as competition from synthetics emerges in the vibrant local market. The March edition of the Rapaport Research Report assesses how ...

The April issue of Rapaport Magazine turns its attention to the retail market, where jewelers are navigating shifting consumer behavior, rising costs, and new opportunities for growth. Kristin Taylor ...

After 23 years of operation, Rio Tinto has produced the last batch of rough from its Diavik mine in Canada. The site, which comprised four pipes, has yielded more than 150 million carats of rough over ...