Why rough diamond prices are at a 52-week high

Forecasted industry fundamentals point to an environment favoring higher diamond prices over a period of at least the next four years.

Paul Zimnisky | May 22, 2018 | 12:02 pm

The price of lab-created diamonds continues to fall

The discount of gem-quality lab-created diamonds relative to natural diamonds has doubled from 11-20% a year ago to 28-40% today.

Paul Zimnisky | March 19, 2018 | 12:36 pm

Global diamond supply expected to decrease this year

Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond industry analyst, estimates supply will fall 3.4% to 147 million carats.

Paul Zimnisky | March 6, 2018 | 2:00 am

2018 global diamond industry primer

2017 has been a year of excess inventory shifting from the upstream segment of the diamond industry to the mid-stream segment.

Paul Zimnisky | December 18, 2017 | 10:05 am

Canadian diamond discoveries could close pending supply gap

With global diamond demand forecast to grow at approx 3.5% annually over next five years, a supply gap down the line seems inevitable if forecasts hold.

Paul Zimnisky | November 20, 2017 | 11:22 am

Discovery of newsworthy diamonds picks up

Over the last nine years 66 record-breaking and other noteworthy diamonds were recovered, and 61 of those have been found within the last five years.

Paul Zimnisky | October 2, 2017 | 11:50 am

Here’s what to expect from the diamond industry before year-end

Here we are little more than half way through 2017, and industry fundamentals are not necessarily negative, but signals are mixed with a subdued tone.

Paul Zimnisky | August 1, 2017 | 11:32 am

What happened to rough diamond prices over the last 10 years – report

Independent diamond industry analyst and consultant Paul Zimnisky has published a report on global rough diamond prices in the 10 years since the global financial crisis.

Paul Zimnisky | July 19, 2017 | 2:31 pm

2017 global natural diamond production forecasted at 142M carats worth $15.6B

The top 10 largest mines in the world by value produced are estimated to represent 58% of global production.

Paul Zimnisky | May 3, 2017 | 3:13 pm

Five reasons why diamond mining stocks have been under pressure

From February 15th to March 13th, a market-cap weighted aggregation of diamond miners in U.S. dollars including ALROSA Joint-Stock Company, Petra Diamonds Ltd, Dominion Diamond Corp, Gem Diamonds Ltd, Lucara Diamond Corp, Stornoway Diamond Corp, Firestone Diamonds Plc, and Mountain Province Diamonds Inc, was down 14.3%.

Paul Zimnisky | March 15, 2017 | 5:00 am

A trip through the diamond industry in March 2017

As the diamond industry marks its foray into 2017, Q1 demand for rough has been stronger relative to Q4 2016 and also relative to a year ago.

Paul Zimnisky | March 6, 2017 | 12:16 pm

A new diamond industry

The esoteric diamond industry has never been more interesting to observe and challenging to predict.

Paul Zimnisky | January 6, 2017 | 10:04 am

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