Jwaneng Mine’s Life to be Extended
Gaborone: Debswana, De Beers’ Botswana joint venture, has launched a new project set to extend the life of its Jwaneng mine until 2035. The Cut-9 expansion, which will cost Debswana approximately $2 billion, is expected to produce an estimated 53 million carats of rough diamonds,
IIG Hosted its First Ever Alumni Meet
Mumbai: The IIG recently hosted its very first Alumni Meet at the second day of IBJA – IIBS 2019 Summit. They invited all their students from across India. Some of these students remembered IIG as Shreeji Rajendra Diamond Classes or SRDC and have completed their
Reliance Jewels Opens Two New Showrooms
Mumbai: Reliance Jewels has launched its two flagship showroom in Durgapur and Meerut & also relaunched its showroom in Dhanbad. With the grand launch of the showroom in all three cities, patrons can now enjoy the national brand’s exquisite jewellery collection and renowned customer service
PLATAFRICA-18 Winners Express Love for Platinum
Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI) – India recently introduced the winning designs of PLATAFRICA 2018 – a jewellery design and manufacturing competition. Presented by the world’s leading producer of the precious metal Anglo American Platinum, in collaboration with Metal Concentrators and PGI India, this is Plat
Forevermark Unveils the Red Carpet Edition at Rivana
Mumbai: Rivana Gold and Diamonds, renowned for their couture designs unveiled a Red Carpet Edition crafted in Forevermark Diamond this Women’s Day. The collection was unveiled in esteemed presence of Mr. Stephen Lussier, CEO of Forevermark, Mr. Sachin Jain, President (India) of Forevermark & Vaishali Shah,
CIBJO Releases “Do’s & Don’ts” Guide
Milan: CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has released a simplified guide to ethical and responsible practices in the handling and trading of diamonds, coloured gemstones, pearls and coral, and has made it available for downloading in PDF format from the CIBJO website, in multiple languages,
Zimbabwe Accused of Producing Conflict Diamonds
Harare: The Kimberly Process (KP) Civil Society Coalition has called on the diamond watchdog to classify Zimbabwe’s stones as conflict diamonds to prevent their sale on the formal market. Natural Resource Governance director Farai Maguwu was quoted in a communique released by a coalition of
Platinum Jewellery Inspired by Paintings
Mumbai: In a unique effort, renowned jeweller & a fêted artist Rajiv Popley merges two art forms to bring to you an exquisite line of platinum jewellery inspired by his own collection of paintings. A curated collection that can never be made twice, all originals
IIG Announced Association with GemAtlas
Mumbai: The International Institute of Gemology (IIG) has announced its association with GemAtlas as its Digital Associate. It has completed two months of its association and has received an overwhelming response. As a Digital Associate GemAtlas offers all students enrolling for IIG’s courses a membership
Forevermark Displays Red Carpet Collections
Mumbai: Forevermark, the diamond brand from De Beers Group hosted an evening in honour of female achievers across a variety of disciplines in Mumbai. The evening commenced with a panel discussion titled ‘Breaking the Norms’ featuring prominent women achievers who are a real inspiration to countless others
