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IDEX Online Research: Less Jewelry Firm Closures in H1 2010

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:44:47 +0000

For the first six months of 2010, the U.S. jewelry industry, only 48 retail jewelry company lost compared to a loss of 300 firms in the first six months of 2009, according to newly released data from the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT). We see this as good news: the recession-driven exodus of American jewelers has finally tapered to a dribble. MINING.com News

IDEX Online Research: U.S. Jewelry Sales Rise Solidly in November 2009 (Full report) U.S. jewelry and watch sales showed solid gains in November...
IDEX Online Research: U.S. Jewelry Sales Strong in February American consumers continued to loosen their purse strings in February,...
IDEX Online Research: Jewelry Producer Prices Up Sharply, But Retail Prices Nearly Flat Driven by rising gold, platinum, and silver prices, jewelry producer...

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Global Diamond was the production by 23.4% in volume, 32.2% by value in 2009

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:43:05 +0000

Russia was the world’s largest diamond producer in 2009, mining 34.8 million carats valued at 0.34 billion, or EUR 0.34 per carat, according to figures just released by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). Russia’s production 28 per cent of total global production by volume and 27 percent by value. MINING.com News

Namibia’s 2009 Diamond Production 0.93 Million Ct Namibia produced 929,006 carats of diamonds in 2009, less then...
Rio Tinto Q1 Diamond Production 3.5 Million Carats While Rio Tinto stepped up production at Diavik in the...
De Beers Q1 Production 7 Million Cts De Beers mined 7.012 million carats of diamonds in the...

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Harry Winston is moving to Diavik game

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:52:33 +0000

Harry Winston Diamond Corp. is its stake in Canada’s largest diamond to me 40 percent increase in a business that CEO Robert Gannicott says it will allow the company to finance the growth of its business retail jewelry. A diamond is shown with a polishing MINING. com News

IDEX Online Research: Harry Winston Prospects Improve Harry Winston’s chairman Bob Gannicott characterized 2009 as “Annus Horribilis”...
Pangea DiamondFields Says Angola Diamond Prices Moving Upward Diamond producer and exploration company Pangea DiamondFields sold 2,813 carats of...
Zale Considering Selling Stake to Golden Gate Capital Struggling jewelry retailer Zale may sell a minority stake to...

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India imported $ 1.06 billions of rough diamonds in June

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:43:48 +0000

India imported 0.15 billion € of rough diamonds in June, a 45.3 percent increase in the value of imports compared to June 2009. The volume of imports increased by 17 percent to 15.9 million carats, as prices went forward in the course of the year. MINING.com News

Belgium’s Rough Diamond Trade More Than Doubles in March Belgium exported in March $1.01 billion worth of rough diamonds...
U.S. Rough Diamond Imports Revived in March The U.S. imported $45.1 million worth of rough diamonds in...
Belarus Rough Diamond Imports Drop 61% in 2009 Belarus imported 38,300 carats of rough diamonds in 2009, 61...

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Namakwa Full Scale Production in 2011

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:41:41 +0000

Namakwa Diamonds Limited expects full scale mining operations in his African mines in 2011, the company said on Tuesday. This takes place while the company will see an increase in polished diamond prices and strong demand for rough. MINING.com News

IDEX Online Research: Polished Diamond Prices Up Significantly February (Full Report) Global polished diamond prices rose 2.3 percent in February 2010,...
IDEX Online Research: Polished Diamond Prices Higher in March (Full Analysis) Global polished diamond prices continued to rise in March 2010,...
IDEX Online Research: Polished Diamond Prices Up in January; A Prelude to Higher Prices in 2010 (Full Analysis) Global polished diamond prices moved higher in January, according to...

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Rockwell Tender average $ 1,611 P / C

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:41:44 +0000

Rockwell Diamonds Inc. posted a, 000 loss in the first quarter. 4,927.46 carats, the diamond miner sells rough diamonds at an average cost of, 611.11 per carats. MINING.com News

Rockwell Sales and Profits Decrease in Q3 Rockwell Diamonds Inc. losses totaled $5.9 million for the nine...
Rockwell Recovers Five +50 Carat Diamonds Rockwell Diamonds Inc. recovered five diamonds larger than 50 carats...
Rockwell Raises $8 Million Rockwell Diamonds Inc. has completed the private placement of the...

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A first agreement reached for Zimbabwe’s Diamond Export

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:41:44 +0000

As the World Diamond Council concluded its 7th Annual meeting in St. Petersburg Thursday, an agreement that will allow two diamonds exports from the Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe has been reached. MINING.com News

Zimbabwe Court Rejects Urgency Claim, Clears Way for Export of Marange Goods The High Court in Zimbabwe ruled yesterday (Monday) that the...
WDC Renews Call for KP Monitor in Zimbabwe No diamonds from the Marange diamond fields should be traded...
Zimbabwe Auctioning Marange Diamonds Zimbabwe is trying new ways to generate income from diamonds,...

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Net Polished Imports U.S. $ 628.6 million in May

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:54:38 +0000

Gross imports of polished diamonds to the growth in May, but the peculiar development of exports than imports more measured than by volume, to be continued for another month. U.S. gross imports of 0.61 billion euros a 29 percent increase over the previous year. MINING.com News

U.S. Polished Imports Triple in March Net polished diamond imports into the U.S. rose by 298.5...
India’s January Polished Diamond Exports +89%, Rough Imports +302% India’s gross polished diamond exports in January totaled $1.71 billion,...
Japan Imports $619 Million of Polished Diamond in 2009 Japan’s polished diamond imports fell 19.7 percent in 2009 to...

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Trends in the focus of diamond prices and investment

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:51:21 +0000

India’s growing demand for high-end Solitaire diamonds and jewelry designers have been discussed by over 150 leading jewelers from all over India at the first “Trends Conference in Mumbai on Monday. MINING.com News

India Forms for Jewelry Designers Showcase India upcoming jewelry designers are given an opportunity to present...
New Trends in Jewelry Emerge as Vicenza Show Opens Sunday The VicenzaOro First jewelry show opened this weekend with the...
Gassman’s Insiders View: If Wholesale Diamond Prices Are Down, Retail Prices Should Fall, Right? I can always tell it is a slow news day...

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Jewelry Ecommerce Resilient in June

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:42:15 +0000

Jewelry was one of the toughest types of e-commerce in June, according to data released today by SpendingPulse. For first time this year. However, the overall e-commerce growth, which rose 9.7 percent compared to last year … MINING.com News

MasterCard Report Finds Jewelry Sales Rose 5.6% During 2009 Holiday Season Jewelry sales in the U.S. rose 5.6 percent for November...
At 34%, Watches & Jewelry are LVMH’s Top Growth Group in Q1 LVMH Moët Hennessey Louis Vuitton posted first quarter revenues of...
Jewelry Sales for December Increase 6.9% Jewelry sales for the month of December increased by 6.9...

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