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Lukson Jewels Grows with 25% Month on Month Expansion
Mumbai: Lukson Jewels, India’s emerging lab grown diamond (LGD) jewellery brand founded by third generation diamantaire Anand Lukhi, is witnessing accelerated growth as demand for conscious luxury and everyday fine jewellery rises among Millennial and Gen Z consumers. Backed by the 34-year legacy of the JK Star Group, the brand continues to strengthen its position within the evolving fine jewellery landscape through vertical integration, omnichannel expansion, and design led innovation. Since launch, Lukson has recorded a sustained 25 percent month
Lukson Jewels Grows with 25% Month on Month Expansion
Mumbai: Lukson Jewels, India’s emerging lab grown diamond (LGD) jewellery brand founded by third generation diamantaire Anand Lukhi, is witnessing accelerated growth as demand for conscious luxury and everyday fine jewellery rises among Millennial and Gen Z consumers. Backed by the 34-year legacy of the JK Star Group, the brand continues to strengthen its position within the evolving fine jewellery landscape through vertical integration, omnichannel expansion, and design led innovation. Since launch, Lukson has recorded a sustained 25 percent month
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Rough, Polished Diamond Prices Mismatch
Gaborone: Botswana minister said the current mismatch in rough and polished diamond prices has resulted in weak demand for gems. The country’s Ministry of minerals, energy and water resources Onkokame Kitso Mokaila told delegates at the annual Botswana Resource Sector Conference in the capital, Gaborone that the downstream diamond sector had been recording squeezed margins. Diamond cutter Teemane manufacturing indicated
Antwerp Reveals Very Little About Carat Tax
Antwerp: During the course of the past couple of months many theories have emerged about Belgium’s pending “Carat Tax.” This new fiscal law, which if approved by the European Commission, would tax diamond firms’ turnover at 0.55 percent rather than taxing profit, as is the case now, and, so surmises local diamond leaders, create a more level financial playing field
Debswana Not Worried About Synthetic Diamonds
Gaborone: Debswana, which is a joint venture between the diamond giant De Beers and the Government of Botswana, said it is not worried about the growth of lab-developed diamonds, also referred to as synthetics. Company managing director Balisi Bonyongo told a resource conference in Gaborone that although it was normal for any business to get worried about emetrging substitution of
New Kimberlites Expected by Year-End
Gaborone: Botswana Diamonds, which had been using Alrosa technology to discover new kimberlites in the southern African country’s region of Orapa, said a new diamondiferous kimberlite will likely be discovered by year-end. “They (Alrosa) believe explicitly that they can find a diamondiferous kimberlite and their analysis indicates that they will find a diamondiferous kimberlite by Christmas,” company chairperson John Teeling
Rough, Polished Diamond Prices Mismatch
Gaborone: Botswana minister said the current mismatch in rough and polished diamond prices has resulted in weak demand for gems. The country’s Ministry of minerals, energy and water resources Onkokame Kitso Mokaila told delegates at the annual Botswana Resource Sector Conference in the capital, Gaborone that the downstream diamond sector had been recording squeezed margins. Diamond cutter Teemane manufacturing indicated
Antwerp Reveals Very Little About Carat Tax
Antwerp: During the course of the past couple of months many theories have emerged about Belgium’s pending “Carat Tax.” This new fiscal law, which if approved by the European Commission, would tax diamond firms’ turnover at 0.55 percent rather than taxing profit, as is the case now, and, so surmises local diamond leaders, create a more level financial playing field
Debswana Not Worried About Synthetic Diamonds
Gaborone: Debswana, which is a joint venture between the diamond giant De Beers and the Government of Botswana, said it is not worried about the growth of lab-developed diamonds, also referred to as synthetics. Company managing director Balisi Bonyongo told a resource conference in Gaborone that although it was normal for any business to get worried about emetrging substitution of
New Kimberlites Expected by Year-End
Gaborone: Botswana Diamonds, which had been using Alrosa technology to discover new kimberlites in the southern African country’s region of Orapa, said a new diamondiferous kimberlite will likely be discovered by year-end. “They (Alrosa) believe explicitly that they can find a diamondiferous kimberlite and their analysis indicates that they will find a diamondiferous kimberlite by Christmas,” company chairperson John Teeling
