On November 21, the Surat Diamond Bourse inaugurated its operations. But the city’s longstanding diamond traders are rooted in historic diamond hubs like Varachha and Mahidharpura,...
To be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Khajod, Surat, the new bourse is also claimed to be the largest corporate building in the world...
Russia-Ukraine war had mounted additional pressure on the diamond polishing industry Surat, perhaps the world’s biggest centre for cutting and polishing diamonds, accounting for 90% of...
AHMEDABAD: A sharp decline in the import of rough diamond pieces to be processed by Surat’s diamond industry after Russia invaded Ukraine has led to renewed...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fracturing a billion-dollar trade that spans the permafrost-laden diamond mines of Siberia, secretive trade houses in Antwerp, dusty polishing powerhouses in...
Soma Bhatta (SB): How has the De Beers Group tackled pandemic to support its global diamond supply chain? Stephen Lussier (SL): The year 2021 has been...
21stJune, 2021 Mumbai: The gem and jewellery exports have taken a severe hit due to pandemic in 2020-21, but what the industry has achieved during this...
Leading diamond security specialist, Opsydia, has unveiled new classifications for its sub-surface identifiers, allowing diamond manufacturers, brands and grading houses to choose from a range of...
The gem and jewellery industry has sought reduction in customs duty on gold to four per cent, withdrawal of tax collected at source (TCS), cut in import duty on polished precious and...
Dubai: The UAE’s gold and jewellery industry is to see its biggest reforms ever, with the UAE Government set to enforce new standards to ensure greater...
Mumbai, October 28, 2020: With an aspiration to increase the Indian gems and jewellery exports to $70Bn in the next five years by 2025, the Gem...
The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) in a statement said that it has also proposed for amendment in taxation provisions to allow...
India’s diamond exporters are growing wary of the Chinese market owing to the rising tension between the two countries over the border issue and the move...
The angadia, who has an office in the BDB , shuttered it on Wednesday noon , well before normal closing hours, and has been incommunicado since,...
Hon. Dr. Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum of the Republic of Angola has announced plans to further develop its industry specific...
The diamond cutting and polishing hub of Surat will lose business to rivals China, Thailand and African countries unless it quickly comes out of the lockdown and resumes...
NEW DELHI – The Indian diamond industry, which is already reeling under severe stress since last year, has more hardship in store as demand for luxury...
October 21, 2019 – London, the United Kingdom: The second SaffronArt Jewellery Conference took place in Mumbai, India, last week. This year’s conference sought to trace, in...
DMCC, the world’s leading free zone for commodities trade and enterprise, today hosted its flagship Dubai Diamond Conference (DDC) welcoming nearly 400 government officials, financiers, retailers and...
Kolkata: Indian diamond trade, which started the financial year on a bleak note following a 17.64 per cent drop in exports of cut and polished diamonds...