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Fading sparkle? Lab-Grown diamonds dive from $300 to $78 a caratThe lab-grown diamond market has seen a significant price drop from $300 per carat in July 2022 to $78 per carat recently, with natural dia...
Russia-Ukraine war takes the sheen off Gujarat's diamond industryRussian raw diamonds, usually small, make up 40% of diamond trade volume and about 30% in value, reported The Times of India. This forms pa...
PNB scam: Rough diamond prices refuse to move upCash flow to the domestic gems and jewellery sector has come under stress after a Rs 13,700-crore fraud at PNB, allegedly masterminded by d...
Saurashtra Patidars ditch BJP, but Patels in cities remain loyal to ModiAt the root of the success of the Congress formula of KHAM (Kshatriya-Harijan-Adivasi-Muslim) in 1985 was this caste conflict.
Indian diamonds are back in demand in China, USPrices of polished stones have risen 4% in the past fortnight; Surat traders happy.
Congress second list of 13 nominees for Gujarat polls has four replacementsThe second list comprised of nine candidates from Kutch and Saurashtra while new candidates for four constituencies, replacing the ones dec...
Diamond stockpiles add weight to Indian unitsExports of cut and polished diamonds declined 4.4 per cent to Rs 10,614 crore, against Rs 11,098 crore.
What DeMo? Jewellers buy more gold than beforeLatest B2B jewellers' exhibition shows that buyers appear unaffected by demonetisation, Rs 3-lakh cap on cash purchases.
Demonetisation hurt diamond clusters in India, traders tread gingerlyDe Beers revenue from rough diamonds declined sequentially to $418 million in the final sales cycle of the year as tighter liquidity in Ind...
Prices of polished diamond rise 4-5% amid shortage“It is good for the manufacturing industry," but rising prices can affect the retail demand for diamond in India,” MD of Asian Star Company...
Diamond miners like De Beers, Rio Tinto lower rough diamond prices by 5-7%De Beers, Rio Tinto and ALROSA have lowered rough prices by 5-7% beginning this month, making the sparkling stone attractive for buyers.
It is worse than 2008 for worried gem exportersWith demand from China and Middle East drying up, the exporters find the present scenario tougher than 2008 when the US went into recession.
Diamond trade back on track during the past two monthsThe import bill for rough diamonds have gone up to Rs 56,471.46 crore during April September from Rs 50,074.21 crore a year earlier.
Surat may turn into diamond trade centre as Narendra Modi's ascent takes shapeAccording to the plan, over the next few weeks, a new entity, Surat Diamond Bourse, would be registered – positioning it against Bharat Dia...
Diamond jewellery demand down 20% in Diwali; Lacks sparkle in upcoming wedding season tooThere has been a 20% drop in demand for diamond jewellery this Diwali and for the upcoming wedding season.
Inspite of drop in rough diamond price, demand for jewellery sluggish this yearA drop in rough diamond prices by nearly 5 per cent has not brought smiles back to the Indian diamond trade as customers are holding back t...
Meet India's six diamond kings: Nirav Modi, Mavji Bhai Patel, Mehul Choksi, Dharmesh Shah, Ashok Gajera & Russell MehtaIndia’s diamond kings–the biggest players in the Rs 70,000 crore diamond industry–are relatively as obscure as their products are glitterin...
Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012: 53 per cent voting recorded till 3 pmVoter turnout of 53 per cent was recorded till 3 pm on 87 seats across Gujarat during the first phase of state assembly elections today.