Gujarat: No impact of COVID-19 on Surat's diamond industryMajority of workers have migrated here from Saurashtra and north Gujarat, while only 10 per cent are from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and...
16 Apr, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
Coronavirus impacts Surat's diamond trade“The migrant workers are going to their hometowns to keep their families. They are taking 10 or 15-day breaks and they will definitely retu...
15 Apr, 2021, 09.33 PM IST
COVID-19: Surat's 8 diamond firms partly shut after positive casesThe Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) said that it has ordered closure of certain floors and departments of these eight diamond units locat...
13 Jun, 2020, 02.19 PM IST
In times of Covid, diamond jobs are not foreverAfter the lockdown was imposed, imports of rough stones dried up, and nearly 70% of workers left.
09 May, 2020, 07.40 PM IST
Indian diamonds are back in demand in China, USPrices of polished stones have risen 4% in the past fortnight; Surat traders happy.
29 Nov, 2017, 03.40 PM IST
Cut GST in diamond B2B deals: Traders“This 3% GST is creating a lot of problems. The government should do something to ease them," Dinesh Navadiya, president, Surat Diamond Ass...
01 Nov, 2017, 09.17 AM IST
Cut GST in diamond B2B deals: TradersSerial number of the delivery challan for diamonds will have to be maintained as per rule.
01 Nov, 2017, 08.59 AM IST
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.
05 Sep, 2017, 09.27 AM IST
Rough diamonds dull in US, glitters in IndiaBoth diamond and gold jewellery has shown good demand in India
28 Jun, 2017, 09.58 AM IST
Diamond traders in India focusing on emerging Chinese marketAs the US, Europe markets are not so attractive due to fall in demand, India's diamond industry is focusing on the Chinese market.
16 Sep, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
Diamond imports ebb as jewellers clear inventoryThe Prime Minister’s Office had recently asked gold and diamond traders to suggest measures to reduce imports and increase exports to conta...
26 Aug, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
Seeking membership: Global players keen to join Surat Diamond BourseDiamond merchants from Belgium, Dubai, Israel and Hong Kong are keen on joining the upcoming Surat Diamond Bourse and have applied for memb...
11 Aug, 2014, 01.42 AM IST
Rail Budget 2014: Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to give a boost to SuratThe proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train could provide a fresh sparkle to Surat, the industrial city that processes nine of the 11 diamon...
09 Jul, 2014, 09.00 AM IST
Fall in rough diamond prices may not benefit Indian consumersIndian consumers may not get the benefit of falling global rough diamond prices, as the retail level polished prices have not come down
24 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Diamond exporters look for brisk sales in Christmas seasonAnnual sales of diamonds from India to the US is pegged at around $65 billion. More than half of this demand comes from New York.
15 Nov, 2012, 11.48 AM IST
- Diamond prices to rise till March as roughs get costly
If you are planning to postpone buying diamond jewellery till Christmas end, than you must not delay it anymore as rough stone prices.
18 Nov, 2010, 06.59 AM IST
- Diamonds' sparkle dims workers' holidays
There is light at the end of the tunnel for nearly two-lakh diamond workers in Surat who lost their jobs since the credit crisis led to con...
26 Sep, 2009, 03.00 AM IST