The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

Diamond mines operating in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) will get additional tax relief totaling approximately $8.8 million to help weather the market slowdown. The Government of the Northwest ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

Kering has signed an agreement to buy a 20% stake in Italian-headquartered jewelry manufacturer Raselli Franco Group. The purchase will take place over multiple phases, Kering said last week. The ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently examined a colorless lab-grown sapphire that showed signs of “quench-crackle and dye” treatment, a common color-altering procedure. The 12.65-carat ...

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 ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

Four natural and synthetic diamonds received at the Dubai lab of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) for updated services turned out to be imposters bearing fake inscriptions. Upon first ...

The US will increase tariffs on Indian goods to 50% starting later this month, President Donald Trump said Wednesday — a move that has sent the diamond industry into crisis. The duty will double the ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and HRD Antwerp recently walked back their decision to grade lab-grown diamonds using the same method they did for natural, or, in the case of HRD, not to ...

Last year, British jeweler Boodles inked a deal with Rio Tinto to gain direct access to diamonds from the latter’s Diavik mine in Canada, as well as to the remaining pink diamonds from the miner’s now ...

When it came to discussing the impact of De Beers’ Lightbox lab-grown diamond brand, which closed in May, Rapaport Group executive chairman Martin Rapaport didn’t pull any punches: “I’m a jeweler, and ...