【Bangui, Cent】Kimberley Process: When Russian Mercenaries Pressure Zonal Focal Points
Editor’s NoteThis article examines the role of the Kimberley Process in curbing the trade of conflict diamonds, with a focus on its implementation…
Diamond Certification
International and Country-Specific Bodies in the Natural Diamond Industry
Editor’s NoteThis article is part of a series profiling key international organizations. CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, is the sector’s…
【China】The Beauty of Diamond: Hardness 10 Officially Published
Editor’s NoteThis article highlights the launch of “The Beauty of Diamond: Hardness 10” at a major industry conference, underscoring its significance…
【Mexico】Diamonds. Technology Brings Them from the Display Case to Your Reach
Editor’s NoteThis article highlights the shifting economics of luxury goods, noting the rapidly widening price gap between synthetic and natural…
【China】When the Lab and Natural Diamonds ‘Sit as Equals’: Has the Spring for China’s Gem-Grade Cultivated Diamonds Arrived?
Editor’s NoteThe Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will cease using the term “synthetic diamond” on its certificates starting in July, adopting…
【United Natio】Diamonds: UN General Assembly Reaffirms Support for Kimberley Process
Editor’s NoteThis article highlights the UN General Assembly’s unanimous reaffirmation of support for the Kimberley Process, a crucial international…
The Kimberley Process: How to Ensure Blood Diamonds Do Not Enter the Market?
Editor’s NoteThis article discusses the Kimberley Process, an international certification scheme established to prevent the trade in “blood diamonds”…
【Cameroon】Illicit Trade of Central African Diamonds: Cameroon ‘Does Not Participate’
Editor’s NoteThis article reports on the Cameroonian government’s formal denial of allegations made by a Canadian NGO regarding the country’s role in…
【法国】Diamonds: Distinguishing the Real from the Fake
Editor’s NoteThis article explores the growing market for synthetic diamonds, which are chemically and optically identical to their mined…
【Ramat Gan, I】City of Stones
Editor’s NoteThis article explores the unconventional journey of Leibish Polnauer, who transitioned from film studies to becoming a successful…