Lab-grown diamond exports decline in December despite price fallLab-grown diamond manufacturers say that the export figures are down because of the price correction even though the export volume has incr...
What are lab-grown diamonds, are they worth buying?Young Indian buyers prefer lab-grown diamonds (LGD) in comparison to their mining counterparts due to the affordability factor. Lab-grown d...
Romancing the stone, and not breaking the bank: Why diamonds are a good deal this festive seasonSix months ago, a 1-carat LGD ring at the retail level was priced at ₹2 lakh. But now it costs ₹80,000-₹1 lakh. Similarly, a 1-carat natura...
When fake news started a diamond rush in SuratSurat, Gujarat witnessed chaos when rumors spread about a trader throwing diamonds on the roads, resulting in a diamond rush. The rumors cl...
Emerald Jewel Industry picks up stake in Limelight Lab Grown DiamondsEmerald Jewel Industry has been one of the world’s largest jewellery manufacturers with manufacturing capacities of 48 tons of gold, 50,000...
Shining bright: Why Indian exports of lab grown diamonds have risen six-fold in three yearsLGDs have been gaining traction globally because of factors such as price and awareness about conflict diamonds. Being more self-reliant in...
Lab-grown diamond emerges from the shadows of natural diamondsOne of the incentives that the government had brought in is that it has permitted 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the secto...
Lab-grown diamonds come to the rescue of 2.5 lakh workers in SuratExports of lab-grown diamonds have increased by 108.27 per cent in FY22 as compared to FY21. The diamond trade has also urged the commerce ...
India set to become a major hub of lab-grown diamondsIndia accounts for about a quarter of the estimated global laboratory-grown diamonds output of 6 to 7 million carats.
Budget impact: Surat is witnessing a sudden rush for setting up laboratory-grown diamond units“The hike in duty will bring down imports, and manufacturing of diamonds through chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technology will increase....
Indian lab-grown diamond gaining traction amid pandemicPooja Sheth, managing director and founder of Limelight Lab Grown Diamonds, said India, having the world’s largest millennial population of...
Lab Diamonds make retail inroads but trade rebelsDiamond industry in India and across the world takes the revolutionary road as it sets the trend of lab-grown diamonds which is hard to dis...
How synthetic diamonds grow decodedThe researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the US also discovered how big the seeds need to be to k...
All that glitters could be jewellery conGetting jewellery rechecked is a usual practice for most customers. However, such requests have gone up in the past 2-3 weeks.
Natural diamond traders up in arms against lab diamond tradersTop ranking officials of the bourse warned members of strict action — including ouster and restricted trade relations — if they traded in t...
'Lab-grown diamond to counter slump in industry'A new Siberian ice diamond created in the lab by Russian scientists will prove to be a "game changer" for the domestic industry which is go...
Difficult to tell a genuine diamond from a synthetic one: GII chairmanIt is hard to tell a synthetic diamond from a real one with the naked eye now more than before, thanks to the advances in morphing natural ...