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- IDEX Price Report for 1 November: Fancies Fare Worse than Rounds
on 1 November 2025 at 4:00 amThere were more losses during October, with fancies faring worse than rounds. Among rounds price drops dominated in all 0.50-cts to 1.99-cts goods, mostly in G+ colors and VS1+ clarities. Overall, across all sizes, there were twice as many ...
- CIBJO's Definitive Blue List Almost Readyon 1 November 2025 at 12:00 am
The Blue List, a definitive glossary of terms being prepared by the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) should now be released during the first quarter of 2026. Work on the project started in 2019, delegates at the CIBJO Congress, in Paris, were told ...
- US Tariffs: "Existential Threat" to Israel's Diamond Industryon 30 October 2025 at 12:00 pm
Israel's diamond industry is facing an "existential threat" after the US zero-rated polished diamond imports from the EU, but retained the 15 per cent tariff on Israeli goods. "If tariffs were lifted for Europe, Israel deserves the same," Nissim Zuaretz, president...
- US Could Cut India Tariffs from 50% to 15%on 26 October 2025 at 9:00 am
The US is reportedly considering a reduction in its tariffs on exports from India, if it agrees to limit its oil imports from Russia. Both sides are edging closer to a trade agreement that would cut the current 50 per cent tariff to 15 per cent or 16 per cent...
- Napoleon's Diamond Brooch Leads Sotheby's Saleon 26 October 2025 at 5:00 am
Treasures that once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte are to be offered for sale by Sotheby's Geneva on 12 November. Details of the auction were revealed on Friday (24 October), less than a week after the devastating raid on the Louvre, in which items...