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Indian jewellers promote natural diamonds amid competition from lab-grown stones
Falling prices for lab-grown diamonds and their resulting rise in market share are transforming India’s diamond jewellery market and prompting jewellers to take proactive measures.
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Ethiopia opens first gold refinery to serve region
Ethiopia has inaugurated its first gold refinery, a $50 million joint venture that the government hopes will establish the country as a regional hub for precious metals processing, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced over the weekend, according to Reuters...
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Anglo American bets R11.2B on South African mining's future
Anglo American has reaffirmed South Africa's potential as a premier mining investment destination, even as the company commits R11.2 billion ($677 million) to an ultra-high dense media separation iron-ore project at Sishen in the Northern...
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Nornickel forecasts $4 billion in precious metals revenue for 2026 - report
A senior Nornickel representative noted that the company expects to generate $4 billion in revenue from precious metals sales this year.
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Russia to build first permanent REM magnet plant
In 2028, Russia is set to start the construction of its first plant for manufacturing permanent magnets from rare-earth metals (REM) in the city of Glazov, to be commissioned in 2029 with an initial capacity of 500 tonnes per year, said Andrey...
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Japan’s Rise and Retreat in the Global Gold Market
12 december 2025
(lbma.org.uk) - Few may know that Kyoto is considered the birthplace of Japan’s precious metals refining. It wasn’t until the 15th century that Japan became one of the world’s top producers of gold and silver, with the Sado Gold Mine and the Iwami Silver Mine at the centre.
CIBJO Mulls Whether to Call Lab-Grown Diamonds “Synthetic”
05 december 2025
(jckonline.com) - CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, says it’s reexamining the question of what to call lab-grown diamonds, but contrary to some reports, it hasn’t made any decisions on the matter yet.
Gold’s Remarkable Rally and Shifting Investment Trends in Asia
28 november 2025
(lbma.org.uk) - Over the past 18 months, gold has experienced a remarkable surge in price, drawing heightened interest from investors worldwide. As market volatility increased, gold emerged as a preferred alternative asset to safeguard portfolios traditionally dominated by equities and debt instruments.
How diamonds, gold and platinum became medical gamechangers
21 november 2025
(theconversation.com) - Imagine a world where dangerous conditions in unborn babies can be treated with diamonds smaller than a virus, where gold can find and destroy cancer cells with laser-like precision, and where platinum can change the genetic code of tumours. This isn’t science fiction – it’s happening in modern medicine.
Japan: The Land of Platinum Jewellery
14 november 2025
(lbma.org.uk) - For centuries, Japan was imagined as “Zipangu, the land of gold”, as described by Marco Polo. But today, Japan leads the globe in per capita consumption of platinum jewellery.
