It seems the eastern sunshine is finally breaking through the clouds of COVID-19. Good economic news shines from every corner of the Chinese giant. Just in time for the start of the The Hong Kong Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show on Wednesday, March 1st. On the same... Read More...

There are no absolutes in diamond grading. It's like any job in the world that relies on people making judgments. There will always be differences of opinion, borderline cases, bad days, irritable people and human error. Different labs may well give the same stone a... Read More...

When Botswana's President demands a larger share of the profits, Anglo American's management should consider issuing a profit warning. "If we don't reach a win-win situation, each side will have to pack up and go home," President Masisi said last Sunday in... Read More...

India cuts and polishes the vast majority of the world's diamonds. But without its own mines, it's never been able to capture the full cycle of production - until now. The increasing popularity of lab growns, and the apparent enthusiasm of India's government ... Read More...

Pope Francis pulled no punches when he landed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) earlier this week. He condemned the "economic colonialism" of those who had plundered a country blessed with a wealth of diamonds and numerous other natural... Read More...

Diamonds are a girl's best friend, so they say, but Devanshi Sanghvi would disagree. She was heiress to her family's $60m-plus diamond empire, but decided instead to take her vows as sadhvi - or nun - in the Jain religion... Read More...

In the early 20th century Paris was the center of the world for artistic creativity. Today Paris is becoming the creative center for upmarket, lab-grown diamond, fine jewelry style. At one time the names Duchamp, Chagall, Matisse, Hemingway, and Picasso Read More...

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It controls what we see on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and beyond. It decides what adverts we're shown online, what Netflix recommends, based on our viewing preferences, how we get places (Waze, Google maps)... Read More...

The beginning of every year brings about a flurry of planning activities as companies and individuals set their targets for the year. While we do so, it is wise to review what happened in the previous year, as we begin to make plans for the future... Read More...

"Record prices", "very strong market", "positive sentiment", "soaring consumer demand". Remember those phrases? That's the way the world looked the last time we welcomed a New Year. How things have changed. One word that had barely appeared in the... Read More...