Indian gems and jewellery exports is up by about 16% for the period of April-August 2008. The total exports are estimated to be at Rs372bn as compared to Rs320bn in same period of previous year. >>Read More

Jewellery designer Amisha Kanna launched her latest collection ‘Zizz’ in Mumbai on 16 September. Keeping in mind the latest trend of bling, the collection has a lot of sparkling stones adorning rings, necklaces, armlets and other jewellery collections. >>Read More

Dimexon Group’s retail branch, Kirtilals, is planning to expand across 26 locations across India over the next three years, as part of its three-year strategy for the division, Rajiv Mehta, chief executive officer for the group’s diamonds segment told JCKIndia.com. >>Read More

Vishal Mehta (a 2nd generation family member), who is running Rosy Blue South Africa, along with Amish Mehta will lead the Israel operations of the Rosy Blue Group from October, the company said in statement. >>Read More

Damas, an international jewellery retailer, has designed its in-house collections called ‘Crystal Aya’ and ‘Al Manthourah’ in ahead of Eid. >>Read More

Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), a subsidiary of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), announced that Dubai's total trade of rough diamonds increased by 36% to reach $3.03bn at the end of the first six months of 2008. >>Read More

The Harry Oppenheimer Israel Diamond Museum will open exhibition titled “Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver” in Ramat Gan on 12 September. The event will exhibit some rare and ancient jewelry excavated from archeological sites throughout Israel. >>Read More

The Indian government postponed the implementation of the Gold Hallmarking Act, which was scheduled to come into effect from 1 January 2008, due to apprehensions by jewelers, led by the All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF). The hallmarking act would have made mandatory for all gold jewellery to be certified for purity at centers spread across the country. >>Read More

Alissa Goren has been promoted to Deputy Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of The Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI), the company said in a statement. >>Read More

Gitanjali Gems Ltd, jewellery manufacturer and retailer has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state-run Minerals and Metals Trading Corp (MMTC), a leading bullion importer. The MOU was signed with the intention of furthering it to a joint venture. >>Read More