{"id":713,"date":"2026-08-28T19:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/?p=713"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:07:34","slug":"polished-diamond-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meyeronline.co.za\/adtec\/2026\/08\/28\/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=51390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">CIBJO Backs 'Synthetic' Terminology for Lab Growns<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 8 September 2026 at 9:00 am <\/small><p>CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, this week backed \"synthetic\" as the preferred term for diamonds produced through industrial processes.    The move reverses its 2010 acceptance of \"laboratory-grown diamond\" and other similar terms, and could ....<\/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=51385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Belgian PM Opens Expanded HRD Antwerp Lab in Mumbai<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 6 September 2026 at 8:00 am <\/small><p>Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever opened HRD Antwerp's expanded Mumbai laboratory on September 4 during a two-day visit to India, highlighting the importance of the country's diamond industry to Belgium's trade relationship with India.    The renovated...<\/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=51382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">IDEX Price Report for September: Prices Remain Under Pressure<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 3 September 2026 at 9:00 am <\/small><p>The overall trend remained downward in September, with price decreases again outnumbering increases in both rounds and fancies. Rounds showed broader weakness, particularly among goods from 0.70-cts to 1.99-cts, while fancies were more mixed but ...<\/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=51377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">DMCC Creates Dedicated Lab-Grown Division<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 2 September 2026 at 5:00 am <\/small><p>Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) says it has established a dedicated lab-grown diamond division, as trade in the stones almost doubled last year to a record 76.9 million carats.    It marks the formal and institutional separation of lab-grown and ...<\/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=51376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Natural Prices Down 20-30% from Pandemic Highs, says De Beers<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on 2 September 2026 at 4:00 am <\/small><p>Natural diamond prices have fallen 20-30% from their post-pandemic highs but are now stabilizing, according to Paul Rowley, executive vice president of diamond trading at De Beers.    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