From the African mines to the hands of skilled cutters and polishers in India, the diamond makes yet another crucial stop while on its mine-to-market journey. It is here in Surat, India, that the ...

The day may come when the diamonds adorning red-carpet celebrities come from a factory in Florida rather than a mine in Liberia, but don't expect a huge paradigm shift just yet. Synthetic-diamond ...

High jewelry houses are traditionally at the tail end of the diamond supply chain. Once they’re extracted, rough stones are typically acquired by specialist diamond cutters and polishers, who analyze ...

So De Beers unearthed a rough stone that could fulfill the requirements. The process from procuring the uncut diamond to setting the resulting finished gems in a pair of drop earrings took over a year ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A further reduction in the price of rough diamonds is needed, according to the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB). Last month Anglo American-controlled De ...