{"id":713,"date":"2026-07-09T07:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/?p=713"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:02:14","slug":"polished-diamond-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/2026\/07\/09\/polished-diamond-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Polished diamond news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feedzy-7c5bc6f78ba1afb40d089cbff75c42fd feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idexonline.com\/RSS\/Polished_Market.rss\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">IDEX Online - Polished Market<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> Polished Market<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idexonline.com\/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Idex Research: 1-Carat Diamonds Lost 3.5 Times More Value Than 5-Carat Stones Over Five Years<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 9 July 2026 at 12:00 am <\/small><p>Looking at the market over a five-year period removes the distortions created by the COVID-19 buying boom. During this period, 1-carat diamonds lost 47.5% of their value, compared with a decline of just 13.6% for 5-carat diamonds.  The 1-carat price index includes round diamonds weighing 1.00 to 1.49 carats, in the D-K color range and IF to I1 clarities. The 5-carat category includes round diamonds weighing 5.00 to 5.99 carats, in the D-J color range and IF to SI2 clarities.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idexonline.com\/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Idex Research: Rise in Chow Tai Fook's Gem-Set Jewelry Sales<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 9 July 2026 at 12:00 am <\/small><p>Idex research indicates a consistent increase in the share of gem-set jewelry sales at Chow Tai Fook since FY2024.  Gold jewelry remained by far the largest product category in Chow Tai Fook's portfolio, accounting for 80.8% of the Group's retail sales value in Mainland China during the second quarter of FY2026.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idexonline.com\/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">41st World Diamond Congress to Open Next Week in Singapore<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 8 July 2026 at 12:00 am <\/small><p>World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), together with the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), will convene in Singapore from 12 to 15 July 2026.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idexonline.com\/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Record Profits for Chow Tai Fook<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 18 June 2026 at 7:00 am <\/small><p>Chow Tai Fook reported record-high profits for fiscal year 2026, even as the latest quarter showed weakness in mainland China.    Revenue for the 12 months to 31 March 2026 was HK$94.4 billion (US$12.1 billion), up 5.3% from the previous year....<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idexonline.com\/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">De Beers: Consumers Spend More, Spend Differently<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 16 June 2026 at 9:00 am <\/small><p>Average purchase prices for natural diamond jewelry increased by 25% between 2023 and 2025, says De Beers, as the dominance of bridal slipped and people found new milestones to mark with a diamond.    Consumers paid $4,063 per piece, on average...<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\n\n\n\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.diamonds.net\/NewsFeed\/NewsFeed.aspx?color=white&#038;cats=2,3,4,5'><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[81,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-polished","tag-polished-diamond","tag-polished-diamond-news","tag-polished-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}