Rio's Diamonds on the Block: The Breakup, Disintegration and the Eastern Allure
March 29, 12 by Edahn GolanIs the diamond mining sector disintegrating? How selling Rio's diamond mines will influence the industry, rough prices, tenders and the mining landscape. The options, figures and bidders at BHP and Rio. Read More...
Don't Knock it If You Don't Get It
March 22, 12 by Edahn GolanPundits in the financial press are criticizing diamond funds, exposing in the process great ignorance. What did they miss, and what is the promise funds have for investors and the diamond industry. Read More...
A Damning Trail of Smuggling, Money Laundering and Kosher KP Certs
March 15, 12 by Edahn GolanSmuggled from southern Africa through Guinea to Lebanon, the hard data on the trail of money laundering and falsely approved rough that may haunt the diamond industry – unless KP springs into action. It's just a matter of choice. Read More...
The High Seas and Safe Harbors of 2012
March 08, 12 by Edahn GolanIt still feels like a new year, but we are deep enough into 2012 to have an initial understanding of where it is going, and it may not be all that good. Read More...
A Delicate Balancing Act
March 01, 12 by Edahn GolanThere is value in having a balance between law enforcement and doing business. On the raids on the Israeli diamond exchange and the decision to stop them. Read More...
To Turnover or Not to Turnover
February 23, 12 by Edahn GolanIt is in the Indian government's best interest to adopt a new tax plan for the diamond industry. Edahn Golan makes the case for turnover tax. Read More...
The Secret Diamond Mine, Revisited
February 16, 12 by Edahn GolanOnce again, the U.S. rough diamond figures are out of whack. More exports than imports, tracking codes that don't match and continued suspicions of money laundering. Read More...
Say Hello to the New Normal 2.0
February 09, 12 by Edahn GolanWelcome to the New Normal 2.0: The Tightening Oversight. Unlike the first New Normal, which dealt with the economy of the diamond industry, the sequel is all about law and controls. Read More...
Give Me Freedom, Give Me an Independent Voice!
February 02, 12 by Edahn GolanThe growing political rift between diamond traders and jewelers is causing the first to reconsider their voice in KP, mulling over a change in their representation in the oversight system. Read More...
Do the Experience Thing
January 26, 12 by Edahn Golan"The times they are a-changin'," Bob Dylan sang in 1964, and nearly 50 years later, that has not changed. A change that has an important impact on diamond jewelry purchases is the shift from buying products to buying experiences. Read More...
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