The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

The New York-based designer’s Then & Now collection fuses gemstones with relics of the past to redefine how people adorn their bodies. Rebecca Rau faces challenges that few other fine-jewelry ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Botswana government against increasing its stake in De Beers, citing the country’s economic woes and dependence on diamonds. The challenging ...

US retail sales continued to improve in November as the holiday shopping season got underway, and spending stayed in line with industry projections. Revenue from consumer shopping rose 0.6% compared ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is redesigning its colored-gemstone reports and expanding the country-of-origin information the lab offers. The institute already has origin-determination ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

The Kimberley Process (KP) failed to reach a consensus on broadening the definition of conflict diamonds at last week’s plenary in Dubai, according to industry organizations. “While not unexpected, it ...

Established in 1978, the Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond ...

Established in 1978, the Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond ...

The governments of Botswana and Angola are bidding to buy De Beers, paving the way for a new era of African ownership for the diamond miner, according to statements from both countries. “We have ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and HRD Antwerp recently walked back their decision to grade lab-grown diamonds using the same method they did for natural, or, in the case of HRD, not to ...

What does sustainability mean in 2025? “Nothing — literally,” says Tiffany Stevens. “The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hasn’t been able to commit to a definition and probably won’t anytime soon with ...