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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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Russian jewellery industry on the eve of joining WTO: discussion continues
02 november 2007
The participants of the Russian jewellery industry (in particular, Valery Radashevich, General Director of the Guild of Russian Jewellers) have already said on many occasions that the current state of business in the industry, taking into account the approaching entry into the WTO, calls for effective measures to establish the most favoured nation regime.
Gold and jewellery segment in figures: September – October
30 october 2007
Gold, following the tracks of oil, continues to set new price records on a background of the falling dollar, aggravated international situation and sluggish crisis in the credit market. In September, the gold price reached its record high value since 1980.
Gold: trends of the month
29 october 2007
In August – September the prices for gold reached their peak in this year breaking the psychological limit of $700 per ounce.
New method to identify artificially decolorized diamonds
26 october 2007
The technologies for the synthesis of diamond via high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques are becoming more refined.
Industry Events
26 october 2007
Russia, the CIS and the Baltic states started to receive Russian language broadcasts from LUXE.TV. This is an international television channel focused on luxury and top-end brands.
