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Dual diamond trade record: Dubai realises $41.7B from 359.5M carats in 2025
Dubai recorded $41.7 billion in diamond trade from 359.5 million carats in 2025, setting new records in both value and volume in the same year for the first time, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) highlighted as it convened the seventh...
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DMCC forms education partnership with HRD Antwerp
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has announced a new education partnership between the Dubai Design Academy and HRD Antwerp, Europe’s leading authority in diamond and jewellery grading, to expand access to internationally recognized...
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Rio Tinto’s diamond production drops by 68% following Diavik closure
Rio Tinto’s diamond production fell by 68% during the first nine months of 2026. This decline follows the closure of the Diavik mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories this March after 23 years of operation due to its depletion.
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Ghana sets 2030 deadline to end raw mineral exports
Ghana's President John Mahama has set a target to halt all exports of unprocessed minerals by the end of the decade, as the West African nation seeks to capture more economic value from its natural resources, African Business has reported.
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A rare 9-carat pink diamond goes on display after 100 years of its theft
A rare nine-carat pink diamond, stolen from a French château nearly 100 years ago, has been unveiled to the public for the first time.
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Diamonds as a symbol of poverty
26 november 2007
Diamonds are a commonly accepted and historically ancient symbol of wealth. However, modern reality, as presented by rappers, widens the semiotics of diamond adornments.
Roots of diamond boom in China
23 november 2007
During the last ten years, diamond jewellery sales in China went up from $230 million to $1.8-2.0 billion producing a nearly eight-fold growth.
Hallmarking of jewellery articles in Russia: which way is shorter?
22 november 2007
The official documents of the Assay Chamber say that in Russia the state-controlled hallmarking of jewellery articles was enacted in 1613 for silver items, in 1700 for gold items, while in the USSR in 1927 this was done for platinum items and in 1956 for palladium items.
Hallmarking of jewellery articles: Germany, Italy, Japan
21 november 2007
Germany (and Austria-Hungary), in line with their tradition, widely used a lettering system to designate the cities, where jewelry items were made, the artisans-manufacturers who applied their marks as if to guarantee metal quality, and the year hallmark.
Hallmarking of jewellery articles: U.S.A. and Canada
14 november 2007
U.S. jewelers know it well that in their former metropolis, the United Kingdom, every jewelry item, without exception, is tested, assayed and hallmarked under the government control already in the course of seven centuries.
