( News) ? With the Hong Kong show not having generated the sort of red hot demand that dealers expected, polished diamond prices in Mumbai have remained relatively stable. While domestic demand has, of late, been the key factor in driving ...

He was previously Mine Manager (Kimberley) and Project Manager (Finsch) for De Beers, then independent advisor to De Beers on block caving and underground mining across all De Beers' operations. Also involved in the planning has been Dr Patrick ...

With the rise of precious metal and diamond prices, many people are leaving their jewelry severely underinsured. Union Street Goldsmith is now offering an appraisal and ways to properly insure jewelry. ...

( News) ? Alrosa's first quarter of the fiscal year ended with a 5% decline in revenue, 29.6 billion rubles ($1.06 billion) despite rising rough diamond prices. Net profit for the period has however increased by 42% to 12.04 billion rubles ...

( News) ? The Polished Diamond Price Index set a record Monday, crossing 142.25, the highest level the Index reached since its introduction in July 2004. diamond prices have been rising sharply in the first half of the fiscal ...

Major international companies that hold sights include Diamond Trading Company (DTC), the rough diamond distribution arm of De Beers, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Umesh Shah, vice president, jewellery division, Shrenuj, a leading manufacturer of studded ...

MUMBAI: A spike in diamond prices over the past six months is slowly eating into the sales volume of studded gold jewellery as consumers opt for relatively cheaper plain gold jewellery. Prices of rough diamonds, the raw material for studded gold ...

De Beers, the biggest miner and marketer of diamonds, was among those warning that the supply of diamonds in the world was declining. In the past 20 years, the diamond industry has not yet found new diamond deposits to rival the two biggest mines in ...

By Sangeetha G. Jun 16 2011 , Chennai The escalating raw material costs, especially the rough diamond prices, are forcing gems and jewellery exporters to increasingly stack up the raw goods during past couple of months. This has been evident from the ...

As diamond prices continue to climb, De Beers is considering extending the life of its Voorspoed diamond mine in South Africa beyond what is currently planned, Bloomberg reports. Voorspoed Manager Mpumi Zikalala said last week that the company had ...