24 July 2008 JVC: ONE SPIN TOO MANY
Eleven U.S. and international diamond, jewelry and pearl trade associations petitioned the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with one fundamental request: amend the FTC...
24 July 2008 SHEAR RAISING US$1 MILLION
Shear Minerals Ltd. is to offer on a non-brokered private placement basis units and flow-through common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of US$1,000,000. The proceeds ...
24 July 2008 EKATI PRODUCTION UP 39% IN RECENT QUARTER
During the quarter ending June 30 2008, diamond production at the Ekati mine in Canada reached 864,000 carats. This marked a 39 percent increase compared to the March 200...
24 July 2008 PHASE 1 OF BULK SAMPLE AT MOTHAE IN LESOTHO COMPLETE
Phase 1 of the bulk sample program at the Mothae diamond project in Lesotho has been completed yielding 1,296 diamonds weighing a total of 585.15 carats from 25,552 dry t...
24 July 2008 LERALA DIAMOND MINE COMMISSIONING NEARING COMPLETION
The last phase of commissioning at DiamonEx Limited’s Lerala diamond mine processing plant in Botswana is due to be complete imminently, leading to the commencement of d...
24 July 2008 SARIN TECHNOLOGIES APPOINTS NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR
Sarin Technologies Ltd, which develops, manufactures and markets advanced diamond planning, evaluation, production, measuring and grading systems, has appointed David Wex...
24 July 2008 JVC: ONE SPIN TOO MANY
Eleven U.S. and international diamond, jewelry and pearl trade associations petitioned the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with one fundamental request: amend the FTC...
17 July 2008 FUTURE HEADLINE: 'DTC SIGHTHOLDER JAILED FOR ATTENDING SIGHT'
This headline is not imaginary, just premature. No foreign DTC sightholder has yet been jailed in South Africa for attending his own company’s sight at the Harry Oppenhei...
10 July 2008 TEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN PAIN RELIEF
When government regulators mess up – and especially when they know it – they may quietly welcome court intervention to assure that things will remain workable.
3 July 2008 ST. PETERSBURG: A REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING
A wild card represents "an unknown or unpredictable factor" in any number of domains – a factor that can make an enormous difference. Alrosa’s president, Sergei Vybornov,...
26 June 2008 ENHANCING THE INDUSTRY'S CAPITAL BASE
Diamond Circle Capital Plc (DCC), a closed-ended investment company incorporated in the Isle of Man, has successfully completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the L...
FINCEN SPEECH TO DIAMANTAIRES
Prepared remarks of William W. Fox, director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Jewelers Vigilance Committee Industry Seminar, New York.
DUBAI POLISHED DIAMOND RE-EXPORTS UP 78% IN Q1 OF 2008
Dubai’s polished diamond trade continues to grow at a steep pace, with polished diamond re-exports in the first quarter of 2008 up 78 percent in monetary terms as compare...
ISRAEL’S ROUGH IMPORTS UP 14%
Rough diamond imports to Israel in the January to May 2008 period, at 6,479,523 carats worth US$2,190,542,173, increased in terms of dollars by 14 percent from the same p...
BELARUS DIAMOND IMPORTS UP 120% IN Q1
Rough diamond imports to Belarus in the first quarter of 2008 reached 24,422.52 carats, marking a 46.2% increase compared to the same period of 2007, says a spokesman for...
JAPAN’S POLISHED IMPORTS DOWN 10%
Polished diamond imports to Japan in the first quarter of 2008, at 544,292 carats worth US$ 214,628,000, fell by some 10 percent in terms of both carats and dollars compa...
INDIA’S POLISHED DIAMOND EXPORTS UP BY OVER 30%
India’s gem and jewelry industry has witnessed a growth of 22.27 percent for the financial year 2007-08 as compared to the previous year, with the sector accounting for 1...
