Sales of watches and jewelry in the US showed further signs of growth in December 2024, up 4.4 per cent year-on-year, according the latest figures from the US Department of Commerce.

Jan 9, 2025 · The first outcome - natural diamonds as a niche luxury - would be devastating for the traditional diamond industry. Mining companies would become all but obsolete, and the price of natural diamonds would rocket.

Jan 8, 2025 · "The decline in mining which has been observed in recent years due to the natural depletion of the global resource base, and the growing market capacity for luxury goods and jewelry products in particular, are factors that will drive long-term price growth for diamond products," Takhiyev said.

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Jan 16, 2025 · (IDEX Online) - The US jewelry sector shrank again during the final quarter of 2024, with 753 fewer retail, wholesale and manufacturing businesses than there were a year earlier.. The Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT), which provides commercial credit information, today (16 January) announced a 3.2 per cent reduction, a marginal improvement on the 3.3 per cent stop during the previous quarter.

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Jan 13, 2025 · (IDEX Online) - A renewed takeover bid of Anglo American by rival miner BHP is "almost oven-ready," according to City sources cited by the UK Sunday Times newspaper (12 January). Australia-based BHP made an unsuccessful bid for the company that owns De Beers last April, increasing from its all-share ...

Jan 15, 2025 · (IDEX Online) - India's gross exports of polished diamonds showed some signs of recovery during December, after a couple of months of volatility. Foreign sales were $773m, down 10.4 per cent in dollar terms on the same month in 2023, according to the latest figures from the Gems and Jewellery Export ...

Feb 3, 2025 · (IDEX Online) - The IDEX Polished Price Index dipped again during January, down by 1.32 per cent. It follows a 1.6 per cent decline in December 2024 a nd suggests that the long-awaited recovery, which appeared to have been heralded by a modest 0.62 per cent in November, has not yet come to pass.

Dec 7, 2024 · (IDEX Online) - Maruti Impex, described as one of the world's biggest manufacturers of small natural diamonds, is halting operations, and has advised its 15,000 workers to seek employment elsewhere.