Gemfields’ revenue for the first half nearly doubled versus the same period in 2025, despite issues with the recovery of high ...

The diamond and jewelry trade is seeking solutions to US tariffs — but planning is hard given the ever-changing situation, according to the latest Rapaport Research Report. Workarounds include ...

“It’s a very weird market right now,” quipped Erich Jacobs, president and CEO of the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT), when asked to explain current economic conditions and spending behaviors affecting ...

Twenty-eight years ago, Martin Rapaport wrote an article in the Rapaport Diamond Report (now Rapaport Magazine) explaining the chain of events that gave fluorescent diamonds their stigma. In it, he ...

Leibish Polnauer discusses his professional journey with Rapaport’s editorial team, from a fluke that helped him launch his business to spending two years sourcing yellow stones for a Jacob & Co.

For thousands of years, alchemists have aimed to turn lead into gold. Adam Neeley set his sights instead on capturing the light of sunrise in this precious metal, and this is how SpectraGold and three ...

On December 24 last year, the Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) operation in Mozambique — one of Gemfields’ most prized assets — was thrust into chaos. A violent confrontation erupted as more than 200 ...

Every year, we talk about jewelry trends as if they exist in a vacuum — shapes, stones, silhouettes, colors. But trends don’t appear out of nowhere. They are responses to culture and emotion. They are ...

Current and former members of the diamond industry are vying to acquire the miner. How will the sale impact the market? Apart from “A Diamond Is Forever,” beacon campaigns, marketing, research, ...

The 1916 Company is both new and old. Its founders created it in late 2023 by merging four businesses — Govberg Jewelers, WatchBox, Radcliffe Jewelers and Hyde Park Jewelers, the oldest of which ...

Market steady. Many businesses closed for July 4 holiday period. Large wholesalers remaining operational. Solid demand for round, 1 to 1.70 ct., F-I, VS2-SI1 diamonds, with memos converting into ...

The diamond industry is undergoing a significant and transformative shake-up. With a major dip in natural-diamond prices, many companies have either diversified their operations to include both ...