Canadian miners' performance slipped in the three months leading to the end of September, due mostly to weaker gold, nickel, copper and zinc prices, the latest report by consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) reveals.Following a 5% drop between April and June this year, gold prices decreased by another 5% in the third quarter, mainly due to the strong US dollar and the recent Federal Reserve rate hike of...Read More
Surge Exploration (TSX?EUR?V: SUR) announced today that it will acquire up to 100% of the Atacama Cobalto Exploration Property near Copiap??, northern Chile.Surge said that in order to complete the transaction, it will sign a formal agreement with Compa???-a Minera del Pac?-fico S.A. or CAP Mineria before the end of the month.The 1,059-hectares Atacama Cobalto Project is located in the Atacama Pro...Read More
Canada's Diamcor Mining (TSX-V.DMI), announced today that following its previous release on the initial tender of 2,606.50 carats of rough diamonds recovered from resumed processing exercises at the company's Krone-Endora at Venetia Project in South Africa, it delivered an additional 5,335.83 carats of rough diamonds before the end of October. The tender for the rocks will be completed in November...Read More
RAPAPORT... Pandora has lowered its revenue expectations for the thirdtime this year following a disappointing quarter, and will implement a new programto cut costs. The Danish retailer had an "unsatisfactory" third quarter,with global sales down 4% year on year to DKK 4.98 billion ($761.5 million). Theretailer has therefore reduced its full-year revenue-growth outlook to between2% and 4%, fr...Read More
RAPAPORT... Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will collaborate with theAntwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) to bring Belgian diamonds to Chineseconsumers. Through the partnership, Shape of Antwerp diamonds will besold exclusively on the Chinese retailer's Tmall online marketplace. "Chinese consumers love Antwerp diamonds, and China is thesecond-largest market in the world for polished diamonds...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lev Leviev faces questioning over diamond-smugglingallegations that have led to six of his relatives and employees being arrested,according to reports.Israeli police detained Zevulun and Moshe Leviev, thetycoon's son and brother, who ran a factory that Lev Leviev owned, according toThe Times of Israel. The other four suspects held senior positions in thetycoon's companies, the report s...Read More
RAPAPORT PRESS RELEASE, November 6, 2018, New York... Polished-diamond prices softened in October as inventory levels rose ahead of the Diwali festival. Despite the decline, sentiment improved, with expectations growing for the US holiday season. The RapNet Diamond Index (RAPI?,,?) for 1-carat diamonds fell 0.9% in October. The index was up 1.3% since the beginning of the year and 0.7% from a year...Read More
(IDEX Online) - CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has been certified as being carbon neutral in 2017, the fifth straight year that offset its greenhouse gas emissions through the purchase of carbon credits. It did so as part of the CIBJO Greenhouse Gas Measurement Initiative that was launched several years ago to promote environmental consciousness and responsibility in the jewelry...Read More
RAPAPORT... Global demand for gold jewelry rose 6% year on year to 535.7tonnes in the third quarter, as reduced prices drove consumer purchasing, theWorld Gold Council (WGC) said. Orders for gold jewelry in India climbed 10% to 148.8 tonnesin the three months ending September 30, as the price of gold dipped to itslowest level since January. In addition, the sharp growth was also due to relati...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The third quarter of 2018 was unsatisfactory and group revenue decreased 3% in local currency due to timing of shipments, change of inventory levels in the wholesale channel and negative total like-for-like, the jewelry-maker reported. Due to the unsatisfactory Q3 2018 performance, a lower than expected tailwind from forward integration as well as a weak start to the fourth...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners have announced the discovery of a new alluvial source of large and premium-value diamonds at the Lulo diamond project in Angola. "To date, the diamonds mined from Lulo - the world's highest average US$ per carat alluvial production - have been sourced predominantly from the terrace deposits along the Cacuilo River valley," Lucapa said....Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Antwerp World Diamond Centre and the Alibaba Group have signed an exclusive partnership to offer Antwerp certified diamonds to Chinese consumers via Alibaba's B2C marketplace, Tmall. The cooperation agreement was signed in the framework of the first China International Import Expo (CIEE), which is being held this week in Shanghai, the AWDC said. The Antwerp diamo...Read More
RAPAPORT... Pandora has lowered its revenue expectations for the thirdtime this year following a disappointing quarter, and will implement a new programto cut costs. The Danish retailer had an "unsatisfactory" third quarter,with global sales down 4% year on year to DKK 4.98 billion ($761.5 million). Theretailer has therefore reduced its full-year revenue-growth outlook to between2% and 4%, fr...Read More
RAPAPORT... Lev Leviev faces questioning over diamond-smugglingallegations that have led to six of his relatives and employees being arrested,according to reports.Israeli police detained Zevulun and Moshe Leviev, thetycoon's son and brother, who ran a factory that Lev Leviev owned, according toThe Times of Israel. The other four suspects held senior positions in thetycoon's companies, the report s...Read More
RAPAPORT... Pandora has lowered its revenue expectations for the thirdtime this year following a disappointing quarter, and will implement a new programto cut costs. The Danish retailer had an "unsatisfactory" third quarter,with global sales down 4% year on year to DKK 4.98 billion ($761.5 million). Theretailer has therefore reduced its full-year revenue-growth outlook to between2% and 4%, fr...Read More
RAPAPORT... Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will collaborate with theAntwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) to bring Belgian diamonds to Chineseconsumers. Through the partnership, Shape of Antwerp diamonds will besold exclusively on the Chinese retailer's Tmall online marketplace. "Chinese consumers love Antwerp diamonds, and China is thesecond-largest market in the world for polished diamonds...Read More
RAPAPORT... Global demand for gold jewelry rose 6% year on year to 535.7tonnes in the third quarter, as reduced prices drove consumer purchasing, theWorld Gold Council (WGC) said. Orders for gold jewelry in India climbed 10% to 148.8 tonnesin the three months ending September 30, as the price of gold dipped to itslowest level since January. In addition, the sharp growth was also due to relati...Read More
RAPAPORT... Israeli authorities suspect an employee at a Lev Leviev companyof smuggling hundreds of millions of shekels worth of diamonds into the country,according to local news website Ynet.A staff member at one of the diamond mogul's businesses in Russia is suspected of smuggling large quantities of the stones in suitcases when he moved to Israel six years ago, the Ynet report said. Police also...Read More
RAPAPORT... A rare Kashmir sapphire necklace could set a new auctionworld record when it goes under the hammer at Christie's Hong Kong sale onNovember 27. The Peacock Necklace - which will lead the Magnificent Jewels auction- contains 21 cushion-cut Kashmir sapphires weighing a total of 109.08 carats.The piece, with its 10.56-carat center sapphire, is estimated at $12 million to$15 million....Read More
RAPAPORT... Lucapa Diamond Company hasextracted 1,502 carats of rough during testing at a new alluvial diamond sourceadjacent to its Lulo mine in Angola. The yield included 17 stonesweighing more than 10.8 carats each, as well as a 55.30-carat, D-color, typeIIa stone. The average diamond size was 1.40 carats, Lucapa said. The new source is located in thepreviously untested flood plains at Lul...Read More