Executives from leading diamond industry financer ABN AMRO met with Israel's Supervisor of Banks this week, as they are mulling over the possibility of opening a branch in the country. The round of meetings in Israel included a series of discussions with the Israel Diamond Exchange. Victor van der Kwast, the CEO of ABN AMRO Bank International and Diamond Jewelry Group (ID&JG) is visiting Israel with senior executives, stating that Israel is missing from their portfolio.

Jewelers of America (JA) has extended the deadline for participation in its annual benchmarking survey of retail jewelers, the Cost of Doing […]

Mike Barnes, Signet Jewelers’ new CEO who has been on the job for just a few months, took the opportunity to “set […]

f you found the recent NBA finals exciting, than this diamond jewelry line may well fit with your look. Gameplan Concepts, a […]

The U.S. imported 70,209 carats of gem quality rough diamonds in April, triple the typical monthly imports. The surge was in imports […]

A recent diamond valuation at Renard estimates the diamond samples from the Renard 2 and 3 kimberlite pipes at $182 p/c, an […]

GIA’s Dubai facility will offer free weekly pickup and delivery services of gemstones destined to GIA laboratories across the world for grading. G4S International Logistics will collect the goods from Almas Tower, the Gold Souk and other sections of the Emirate to GIA’s take-in office in the Dubai Airport Free Zone.

Demand from the Chinese market for SI goods has resulted in shortages of this category of diamonds in the Mumbai market. There is a lot of anticipation that the upcoming Hong Kong trade show will reveal strong demand from the Chinese market. The Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair is opening on June 23.

Mike Barnes, Signet Jewelers’ new CEO who has been on the job for just a few months, took the opportunity to “set out our priorities” on a recent conference call with Wall Street analysts. The key priorities he mentioned are listed below. We expect to see more detail about these priorities in the coming months.

Belgium exported $139 billion worth of polished diamonds in May at an average value of $1,657.44 p/c, rising by 51.2% and 13.5% […]

Jovella 2011, Israel’s 8th international jewelry and diamond exhibition, will be held July 5–6 in Tel Aviv. The exhibition will feature a […]

Christie’s sale of Important Jewels held in London Wednesday totaled $12.3 million, representing 92% sold by value. The top lot was the […]