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De Beers Buys Out LVMH, Now Owns All of Retail Chain JCK March 21 The diamond giant and luxury giant have been 50-50 partners in the joint venture since it was first announced in 2001. The chain, meant to take advantage of consumer awareness of the De Beers name, opened its first store in London that year. |
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Dominion Diamond Receives $1.1Bn Offer From Billionaire Dennis Washington IDEX March 21 Billionaire Dennis Washington has gone public with a $1.1 billion offer for Canada's Dominion Diamond Corp. following weeks of private talks which are stalemated. Washington Cos. proposed $13.50 a share for Dominion Diamond last month, but Dominion’s board has stalled on the offer, |
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Rapaport to India: Scrap Diamond Import Tax Diamonds.net March 20 “American demand will grow significantly due to new economic policies, and the U.S. government will insist on a level playing field,” he added, citing President Donald Trump’s policy of leveraging American power to rebalance what he considers to be unfair trade ties with large export nations such as China. |
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JEWELRY-LINKED CRIMES IN THE US RISE 6% IN 2016 The Israeli Diamond Industry March 21 The Jewelers Security Alliance’s (JSA) annual report shows that the total number of crimes committed against US jewelry firms reported to JSA increased from 1,177 in 2015 to 1,245 in 2016 - an increase of 5.8%. |
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Are Malls Dying? |
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| It has become an article of faith that mall traffic is down, from Signet to Victoria’s Secret to Gap. And while it’s hard to get solid data on this—ShopperTrak told me it longer offers it—no one doubts traditional shopping malls face tricky days ahead. |
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59-Carat ‘Pink Star’ Diamond Could Fetch At Least $60 Million In Sotheby’s Second Attempt To Sell It Jewelry News Network March 20 “The Pink Star” diamond will be given a second chance to smash world auction records. The Largest Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Pink diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America will be placed on the auction block for the second time at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite sale on April 4. |
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Softly does it: the allure of unusual coloured diamonds The Jewellery Editor March 13 Some of the most memorable gems The Jewellery Editor team saw at Paris Couture Week were De Beers’ Master Diamonds in unusual hues, from Fancy Dark Brown Yellow to Fancy Greenish Yellow. But most arresting was a 4.27-carat Fancy Grey marquise-cut diamond with a hint of blue set into a ring, below. |
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‘A gift from God’: Sierra Leone pastor finds 706-carat diamond then hands it over to government National Post March 16 The gem, a bit smaller than a hockey puck, is the second largest diamond found in Sierra Leone. In 1972, the 968.9-carat Star of Sierra Leone was found by miners and sold for about $2.5 million. It is believed to be the 13th-largest uncut diamond ever to be pulled from the ground, industry analysts say. |
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Gold continues Fed enhanced Rally |
| Art of Jewellery |
March 21 |
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| For the fourth consecutive day, gold prices have closed higher, now trading to a 2 ½ week high. Gold futures today rose roughly 3 dollars to close at $1233 per ounce. This a continuation of the dramatic rise in gold prices witnessed on Wednesday of last week, immediately following the conclusion of this month’s FOMC meeting. Read More |
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Lucara Diamond To Hold First 2017 Exceptional Stone Tender in May |
| The Diamond Loupe |
March 20 |
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| Lucara Diamond has announced the dates for its first Exceptional Stone Tender of 2017 from its 100% owned Karowe Mine in Botswana. Viewings for the tender will take place from May 3, 2017 through May 11, 2017 with the sale closing at 4:00pm CET on May 11, 2017, Read More |
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