when the world’s major diamond producers and buyers met to address growing concerns, and the threat of a consumer boycott, over the sale of rough, uncut diamonds to fund the brutal civil wars of ...

On August 21, Lucara Diamond Corp. announced their discovery of a 2,492-carat diamond unearthed in a mine in Botswana. At that size, the precious stone is said to be the second largest rough diamond ...

SURAT: An appeal to voluntarily cease import of natural rough diamonds from October 15 to December 15 has been made by top five organsations representing diamond trade in the country. The appeal ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Another smaller diamond from the same mine in Botswana was sold for $63 million in 2016, a record for a rough gem ... is the second-biggest producer of natural diamonds behind Russia and ...

Bloomberg reported Monday on the price cuts that unnamed sources told the outlet the diamond miner and seller had applied to their initial sale of the ... be cheaper than natural ones, have ...

It spent $20.2 billion on diamonds in 2019 or 19.2% of the global market share. About 46% of rough diamonds are for industrial purposes, while 19% are used as gem-quality polished mineral stones.

Alfaro, Laura, Debora L. Spar, Faheen Allibhoy, and Vinati Dev. "Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough." Harvard Business School Case 703-027, March 2003. (Revised November 2005.) ...

announced the recovery of a fist-sized 2,492-carat diamond from the Karowe Mine in Botswana. It’s one of the largest rough diamonds ever discovered. Lucara shared photos of the diamond held in a ...

notes Sanderson just as synthetics threaten to become "a significantdrag on natural rough diamond demand growth", according to UBS analysts.The upshot? Synthetic diamonds, which now make up 2% of ...