FIONA DIAMONDS

Diamantaires weigh shifting manufacturing units abroad as high import duties hit hard

Colin Shah, vice-chairman of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, told, “The high import duty of 7.5% on both cut and polished diamond...

Trump impeachment hearings highlight immigrants’ stories

Several witnesses who testified in the House impeachment inquiry this week chose to highlight their immigrant backgrounds, sharing their fa...

Lab Diamonds make retail inroads but trade rebels

Diamond 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...

A 20-carat blue diamond, that fetched $15 mn, may prove saviour for debt-ridden owner

Blue gem-quality stones are among the most valuable in the world.

The grand heist: Thieves steal 'priceless' 18th century jewels from Dresden museum

German officials said the jewels would be impossible to sell in the open market.

Diamond mines-to-brand firm KGK opens factory in Angola

The new KGK factory, in partnership with SODIAM, the Angolan state owned company for the trading of diamonds in Angola, incorporates the la...

How a tough Indian market is making De Beers change its policy

De Beers, once-inflexible diamond company, allows traders to return rough stones, cuts prices.

Escalating Hong Kong protests likely to dent India’s diamond exports further

As per reports, protests paralysed Hong Kong on Wednesday, with police making arrests in a busy business district.

Alternative investment returns monitor: For the week ending November 13, 2019

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Alternative investment returns monitor: For the week ending November 6, 2019

Here are the alternative investment options with their returns, for the week ending November 6, 2019. The proportion and purpose of these i...

Lab-grown diamonds can revive India's struggling diamond industry

Around 10 per cent of the diamond factories in Surat are nowadays cutting created diamonds at a time when the earth-mine industry is suffer...

Young, rich Indians have started a gem of a trend as demand for rubies, sapphires grow

Demand for precious stones in jewellery is growing with urban buyers willing to pay top price for them.

Nirav Modi's fresh bail plea rejected by UK court in PNB fraud case

In a setback to Nirav Modi, a UK court yet again rejected a bail plea of the fugitive diamond merchant on Wednesday despite an offer of an ...

Manthan Software to acquire US-based RichRelevance

The Bengaluru-headquartered company which specialises in software applications for the retail industry and counts United Supermarkets, Pizz...

Alternative investment returns monitor: For the week ending October 30, 2019

Here are the alternative investment options with their returns, for the week ending October 30, 2019. The proportion and purpose of these i...

Jewellers pin hope on Dhanteras, Diwali for revival in gold demand

Dhanteras is considered to be an auspicious day for buying gold, silver and other valuables.

Alternative investment returns monitor: For the week ending October 16, 2019

Here are the alternative investment options with their returns, for the week ending October 16, 2019. The proportion and purpose ​of these ...