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Diamond News: The African Diamond Council, which describes itself as the ‘official governing body for Africa’s diamond producing countries’, went on the offensive just before Christmas with a hard-hitting television commercial and online video calling on viewers to ‘insist on the truth’ and ‘insist on certification’. The video is set in a morgue and graphically shows [...]
Diamond news – jewelry news: On December 28, 2009, Finlay Enterprises, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Finlay Fine Jewelry Corporation filed their unaudited monthly operating report for the fiscal month ended November 28, 2009 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the report, merchandise sales between November [...]
The number of unique visitors to websites under the retail category of jewelry, luxury goods and accessories, saw an increase of 15% from 15,327,000 in October 2009 to 17,662,000 in November 2009, according to comScore, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: SCOR) monthly analysis of U.S. Web activity at the top online properties for November 2009. Retail sites experienced [...]
After a volatile two months, jewelry ended the season up 5.6%, with both high and low ends of the category showing marked strength, finds holiday shopping season results from MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, a macro-economic report tracking national retail and service sales. The extra shopping day helped the year-over-year growth rate. Although the Luxury retail ex-jewelry [...]
10k White Gold Diamond 3-Stone Heart Pendant, 18k White Gold Round Diamond 4-Prong Stud Earrings and Sterling Silver Marcasite & Garnet Glass Heart Pendants were the top jewelry items sold (based on units ordered) at Amazon.com during the Nov. 15 to Dec. 19 period. On Amazon’s peak day, Dec. 14, 2009, customers ordered over 9.5 [...]
Diamond News – Industry News: On January 5, 2010, Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA) will launch its interactive MJSA Job Board. With its focus on jewelry industry companies and professionals, the MJSA Job Board offers an easy-to-use and highly targeted resource for online employment connections. Both MJSA members and non-members can use the [...]
Diamond News – Financing: Russian diamond miner Alrosa plans to issue bonds worth 44 billion rubles (US$1.5 billion) in the second quarter of 2010. The diamond company may also issue a Eurobond issue in the final quarter of 2010, depending on the situation in the global economy. Alrosa had debts of $5.1 billion at the [...]
Diamond News – Mining: Pangea DiamondFields plc (AIM: PDF), the diamond producer and exploration company, says that the upgrade of processing facilities at the Company’s Cassanguidi project in Angola is now complete. The Interim Results announcement of 29 September projected a processing level expected to be around 37,500 m3 of in situ gravel mined and [...]
Diamond News – jewelry news: Cash is queen among teen and tween girls this holiday season, according to a recent survey of more than 2,500 young women by Fashion Fantasy Game, a social networking and online game site devoted to style and entertainment. When asked what they would like to receive as holiday gifts, 65% [...]
An attempt has been made to import diamonds, containing over 5,900 carats of diamonds and valued at over $9,900,000 into the United States. The shipment was accompanied by a (fake) Kimberley Process certificate allegedly from the Precious Minerals Marketing Company in Ghana.
A new report, ‘De Beers SA Strategic Analysis Review’ has been added to www.bharatbook.com’s market report catalogue for reselling. De Beers SA is the world’s largest diamond mining and marketing company. It is a private holding company. De Beers is engaged in the mining, refining and marketing of diamonds. The company operates 20 mines in Africa [...]
A diamond parcel, containing nearly 15,000 carats of diamond estimated to be worth $2.9 million, has been stolen in Johannesburg during transit to Antwerp. The South African Police Services Organized Crime Unit, to whom the theft was reported, have had no success so far in recovering the diamond parcel. The diamond originated in Tanzania.