Global polished diamond prices slipped again in October for the third consecutive month, according to the IDEX Online Global Polished Diamond Price Index, but showed some vitality near the end of the month.

Botswana exported $529.6 million worth of polished and rough diamonds in August, rising 82.1 percent year-over-year, based on figures published by the Bank of Botswana.

American diamond organizations are calling for reforms in the Kimberley Process against a backdrop of growing criticism that the system lacks the ability to effectively deal with rogue countries.

The disparity between retail prices of jewelry and wholesale jewelry prices swelled in September, according to the latest inflation data from the BLS.

India’s GJEPC is organizing an Indo-Europe jewelry summit, scheduled to run November 15-20. Essentially in the format of a buyer-seller meet, the summit will involve a series of meetings between 20 leading European retailers and 15 Indian jewelry man...

(IDEX Online News) – De Beers mined 9.3 million carats of diamonds in the third quarter ending September 30, a 3 percent year-over-year increase. Compared to the second quarter of the year, production increased 14 percent. The figures were included i...

U.S. net polished diamond imports increased 28.8 percent to $258.3 million in August compared to August 2010. Prices of polished diamonds started to soften in August as traders started to express concerns over global economic issues.

Net rough diamond imports by India in September totaled $789.8 million for 5.13 million carats. This is a moderate 10.3 percent decline in the value of net imports compared to September 2010, however a whopping 94.9 percent cut in the volume of net imports.

Rio Tinto’s third quartet diamond production increased 29 percent compared to production in the second quarter of 2011, however remains flat year-over-year.

In a drive to improve diamond trade relations with China, the Diamond Bourse of Canada is opening a liaison office within the Shanghai Diamond Exchange facility.

The Great Recession did not eat into wealthy families’ income levels as much as feared, based on data just released from the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2010, 20.5 percent of all American households reported incomes of $100,000 or greater.

Diamond miner Rockwell Diamonds completed the acquisition of the Tirisano mine project, the company announced Tuesday.