The tariff cut that the US recently agreed to apply to imports from Switzerland could take effect as soon as December. The Trump administration has said it could take between 10 and 12 days to ...

Canada-based miner Star Diamond has named a new chairman and interim CEO as part of a shake-up of its top team. The company has appointed Wayne Malouf, a director since August of this year, as ...

The Kimberley Process (KP) failed to reach a consensus on broadening the definition of conflict diamonds at last week’s plenary in Dubai, according to industry organizations. “While not unexpected, it ...

Swiss watch exports dropped in October as orders from the US normalized following a tariff-induced bump earlier this year. Shipments of luxury timepieces fell 4.4% to CHF 2.2 billion ($2.73 billion) ...

Hong Kong jeweler Luk Fook is expecting to report a revenue and profit spike for the first half of the fiscal year, it said in an update. Although the company has not yet finalized the results for the ...

Rubies, sapphires and emeralds form the most valuable trifecta in the colored-gem universe. But unlike the first two, which measure 9 on the Mohs hardness scale, emeralds rank at 7.5 to 8 and ...

The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has introduced a digital customer-screening tool diamantaires can use to prevent money-laundering. Know Your Customer Portal (KYCP) is intended to identify ...

The US has agreed to limit import duties on Swiss goods to 15%, down from the current rate of 39%, the Trump administration announced Friday. The provisional deal is an important concession for the ...

Sales at Richemont’s jewelry brands accelerated in the first half of its fiscal year as improvements in China capped off a strong global showing for the owner of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels.

Sean Dunn has stepped into the role of president at his family’s Florida retail business, J.R. Dunn Jewelers, succeeding his mother, Ann Marie Dunn. The move was “just something that made sense so the ...

The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) has launched an in-depth online training course for retailers to guide them toward successful colored-diamond sales. The “Winning Strategies for Color ...

Hong Kong-based jeweler Tse Sui Luen (TSL) saw revenue drop in the first fiscal half as a rise in the gold price compounded China’s already challenging conditions. Sales fell 15% year on year to HKD ...