The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has appointed Karen Rentmeesters as its new permanent head after three months as interim CEO. The board of directors unanimously agreed to give [...]
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has begun a pilot program for a new component-based jewelry report. The service will provide a comprehensive description of each submitted piece, [...]
Natural is back. That’s the key thing I learned from the three days I just spent at JCK in Vegas. I’ve been at almost every JCK for the last 20 years and that was my lasting [...]
In de maand juni zetten Stad Antwerpen, DIVA (het museum voor diamant, juwelen en zilver) en het Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) de rijke diamantgeschiedenis van de stad in de schijnwerpers [...]
Bijna twee jaar na de feiten is er een doorbraak in het onderzoek naar de spectaculaire juwelenroof op de Tefaf-kunstbeurs in het Nederlandse Maastricht. Er zijn drie nieuwe verdachten, drie [...]
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has broadened its recently launched verification service, the Report Confirmation Service, to include all its laboratories, IDEX Online reports. [...]
Vandaag opende de stad plechtig de heraangelegde Hoveniersstraat, Schupstraat en Rijfstraat. Het openbaar domein en de rioleringen waren in slechte staat. Met de heraanleg wil de stad de [...]
The IDEX Polished Price Index is indicating a shift in direction, finally on the rise after a prolonged and steady decline since its post-COVID peak in March 2022, according to IDEX Online. [...]
The Group of Seven (G7) nations have announced plans to curtail the import of Russian diamonds in a staggered process throughout next year. “We will introduce import restrictions on [...]
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has issued its first digital-only dossier report in line with the organization’s pledge to go totally paperless by 2025. The GIA’s laboratory in Ramat [...]