Burgundy Diamond Mines is looking for external funding to allow it to continue operations at its Ekati mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, citing financial challenges stemming from weak demand and ...

US jewelry sales at the start of the holiday season are up to 20% above those of the previous year, according to respondents who took part in a Rapaport News survey. An additional 11% of those ...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will include a proposition in the country’s 2026 budget to make the country a free-trade zone for diamonds, he said. Smotrich announced the move, which Israel ...

Natural diamonds polished in the European Union will no longer be subject to tariffs upon import into the US. The exemption, which brings the tax rate to 0% from the previous 15%, is part of a US ...

De Beers will extend the terms of its current sightholder agreement through June 30, 2026, amid uncertainty in the diamond industry, a company spokesperson told Rapaport News on Friday. “Our focus is ...

A bracelet with diamonds and 16.09 carats of emeralds led the Phillips Hong Kong auction, where it sold for HKD 3.2 million ($406,213) just under its low estimate. The piece, featuring 14 graduated ...

Recent trade fairs in Asia confirm growth in one market and decline in another, with tariffs putting the brakes on all sales to the US. Sales values and attendance were both up at the 72nd Bangkok ...

Day’s Jewelers has dedicated the last 111 years to becoming one of New England’s premier diamond retailers, anchoring itself primarily in Maine. It operates six stores across the state, along with its ...

The board of directors of Diamond Do Good (DDG) has unanimously selected Marcus ter Haar as its next president-elect. Ter Haar has years of experience in the diamond sector within leadership roles in ...

Gemfields saw revenue and profit drop in the first half as it paused production at its emerald mine and sold lower-grade ore from its ruby deposit, which affected its auction results. Sales fell 47% ...

Pandora has appointed Berta de Pablos-Barbier as the company’s new CEO, to succeed Alexander Lacik early next year. Lacik has been the jeweler’s president and CEO for almost seven years, it said last ...

Botswana’s state diamond trader held an ad-hoc tender of about 1 million carats in rough to help raise revenue for the country, but none of the stones sold. Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), which is ...