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 [...]
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 [...]
Lucapa Diamond Company has unearthed a 203-carat, type IIa rough from its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola. The recent recovery is the fifth-largest diamond to be discovered at Lulo since it first [...]
Lucapa Diamond Company has recently reported the discovery of two rough diamonds, each weighing over 100 carats, at its Lulo mine in Angola, Diamond World reports. Within a span of two [...]
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will issue up to $2 million in scholarships this year, with a maximum of $100,000 allocated to a new high school program. The GIA Aspire Scholarship [...]
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 [...]
Canadian miner Lucara has announced the discovery of a 166-carat Type IIa gem at its Karowe mine in Botswana, IDEX Online reports. This marks the 328th diamond weighing over 100 carats [...]
FINALLY !!! France is the first country in the world to decide that the name ‘Diamond’ can only be used for a naturally formed gemstone. Any synthetic imitation such as [...]