JCK India’s last conference call in a series of three events leading up to the final event, JCK AIM 2009 on 18 December 2008, on Tuesday concluded that aggressive marketing and increased spends on advertising could be beneficial to the gems and jewellery industry in the current economic scenario.>>Read More

An uncut ruby known as ‘Prince of Burma’ was recovered from a gang of international jewel thieves in Austria. The gang was caught in a joint operation with German authorities.  >>Read More

Despite the financial turmoil, India’s gems and jewellery exports for the April-September 2008 period grew 16.7%.  >>Read More

The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) has launched the 5th ICA International Poster Competition. The last day of submission of the poster is 31st December 2008.  >>Read More

The consumption of colored gemstone is steadily on the rise in Dubai. In next five years the gemstone market is expected to grow faster than any other jewelry segment said a report.  >>Read More

The phase 1 plan of implementation of "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act of 2008" has been issued by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection. >>Read More

Tanishq has announced a special pre-booking offer valid from 22 September to 9 October 2008 especially for Navaratri, across all Tanishq stores. >>Read More

The total imports of Rough Diamonds has increased by about 18% as per the data release by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The rough diamond imports for April-August 2008 constituted Rs209bn as against Rs177bn recorded in same period in 2007. >>Read More

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

The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA)announced the results of the 2009 elections for the AGTA Board of Directors where Benjamin Hackman from Intercolor USA was elected as the next AGTA President. >>Read More