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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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Hallmarking of jewellery articles: France
12 november 2007
The earliest French hallmark is dated back to 1272, but despite the French state silver standard officially sanctioned in 1378, the hallmarking system taken as a whole developed rather disorderly because the country was fragmented into provinces and because of the Hundred Years' War with England.
Hallmarking of jewellery articles: United Kingdom
12 november 2007
Hallmarking of jewellery and household articles was known from the Middle Ages. For example, in Germany this was practiced from the 12th century, in Britain from the 15th century and in France from the 16th century.
Non-feminine faces of brands
06 november 2007
The “Kommersant-Dengi” weekly reports there is an emerging new trend. To promote their products, fashionable trademarks and cosmetic brands more and more often resort to services of women actors and not to those of professional models.
Luxurious Internet
06 november 2007
This year luxury brands, including jewellery, started to turn their attention towards the opportunities offered by the briskly expanding electronic commerce.
Russians are getting used to brands
02 november 2007
Perhaps the greatest attention in the field of diamond and jewellery business on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is nowadays attracted to Israel diamantaire Lev Leviev.
