Petra Diamonds has announced the recovery of five Type IIb blue diamonds of high quality at its Cullinan mine in South Africa. Credit: Petra According to a press release, the diamonds “are also significant in terms of their size, being 25.75, 21.25, 17.57, 11.42 and 9.61 carats, and are
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Hundreds of attendees logged on to the opening session of the World Diamond Congress held online yesterday. They represented member bourses of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), manufacturing associations that are members in the International Diamond Manufacturing Association (IDMA), observers, guests and media. The opening session, entitled
Gem Diamonds has announced the recovery of a high quality 233-carat Type II white diamond from its Letšeng mine in Lesotho. Credit: Gem Diamonds This recovery comes just days after Gem Diamonds recovered a high quality 442-carat Type II diamond Letšeng valued at $18 million. Credit: Gem
The Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) and the Antwerp World Diamond Center (AWDC) will hold a second online diamond trade show on September 14-17, 2020. The show, to be held on the Virtual Diamond Boutique trading platform, enables traders to buy and sell diamonds in a virus-free environment. According to
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) announced that it has recruited industry veteran Kim E. Pelletier to serve as CEO of the newly formed Get Diamonds B2B diamond trading platform. Get Diamonds, which is owned by the WFDB, is the only non-profit entity diamond trading platform whose slogan is
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) have announced that the next World Diamond Congress will be held in a virtual format on September 14 – 15, 2020. The 39th World Diamond Congress, a biennial gathering of the WFDB and IDMA, was originally