RAPAPORT... India's polished-diamond exports slid 13% in the first six monthsof the year, reaching their lowest level since a market slump in the secondhalf of 2015. The drop reflected a slowdown in the trading and manufacturingsectors, resulting from weak liquidity and profitability. Rough and polishedtrading also fell significantly in June, according to data from the Gem &Jewellery Export Pr...Read More
RAPAPORT... Jewelers of America (JA) has elected Holly Wesche, athird-generation jeweler, to head its board of directors. Wesche, who is the owner of Wesche Jewelers in Florida, willsucceed outgoing chair John Henne, the organization said last week. She waspreviously president of the Florida Jewelers Association, speaker for theJewelers Education Foundation, and vice chair of the Leading...Read More
RAPAPORT... Tango Mining plans to dispose of its South African coalbusiness to focus on its diamond operations, amid "continued operational success" at its Oena mine, the company said. Kevin Gallagher, a director of Tango, will purchase theminer's 74% interest in Kwena Group, which holds its three ongoing coal projects. Aspayment, Gallagher will return nearly 40 million shares of common stock...Read More
RAPAPORT... Retail sales of jewelry and other luxury items fell sharplyin Hong Kong in June amid increasingly cautious consumer sentiment and aslowdown in tourism. Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and other valuablegifts dropped 17% year on year to HKD 5.75 billion ($734.4 million), themunicipality's Census and Statistics Department reported last week. Sales inall retail categories slipp...Read More
The World Gold Council reported that central bank buying and healthy ETF inflows were the driving forces behind gold demand throughout the first half of 2019. Growth during the first half in jewelry demand was largely the product of a more positive environment for Indian consumers. Shifts in bar and coin investment were very much price-related: as the gold price powered its way to multi-year highs...Read More
The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) reported that for the second quarter of the year the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) indicated a decrease of 0.1 percent in overall prices of fancy color diamonds. Pink diamonds continued to rise, while prices of blues and yellows declined. Comparing this quarter to the corresponding quarter in 2018, Pink diamonds showed an upturn of 0.4 percent in for t...Read More
Sometimes, a vacationing tip pays off in a big way. Josh Lanik, a 36-year-old schoolteacher from Hebron, Nebraska, recently visited Crater of Diamonds State Park on a family vacation. After spending about two hours searching for diamonds on July 24, Lanik left with a brandy-colored gem weighing just over two carats. According to Lanik, he was searching near the southwest edge of the park's 37...Read More
Reuters reported that Zimbabwe will repeal its indigenisation and economic empowerment legislation dealing with ownership of foreign-controlled companies and replace it with a new empowerment law, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday. In an address to the Zimbabwean parliament, Minister Ncube said foreign investors can now take majority stakes in the platinum and diamond sectors. It shou...Read More
Jewelers of America (JA), the USA's leading national jewelry trade association elected Holly Wesche, owner of Wesche Jewelers in Melbourne, FL, as Board Chair. She succeeds John Henne, of Henne Jewelers in Pittsburgh, PA. Wesche was elected on July 30, 2019 at Jewelers of America's Board meeting that also welcomed new Directors. "Holly Wesche has already made tremendous contributions to...Read More
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Alicia Laguna, curadora del Festival "Esc?(C)nica" habla sobre todos los detalles del Festival Esc?(C)nica en la CDMX. COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexSitio: http://www.excelsior.com...Read More
Un adolescente de 17 a??os fue arrestado hoy en Londres acusado de asesinato por presuntamente haber arrojado a un ni??o de seis a??os desde el d?(C)cimo piso del museo Tate Modern.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: ht...Read More
COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexSitio: http://www.excelsior.com.mx/tvSuscr?-bete a nuestro canal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClqo...Read More
La Secretar?-a de Seguridad del Estado de M?(C)xico (SS Edomex) dio de baja al elemento que fue evidenciado conduciendo una unidad oficial mientras dos mujeres inger?-an bebidas embriagantes.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexT...Read More
La Jefa de Gobierno, Claudia Sheinbaum, anunci?? el inicio de la primera etapa de rehabilitaci??n del Canal Nacional, en el tramo que inicia en R?-o Churubusco, en la alcald?-a de Coyoac??n, el cual tendr?? un costo de 176 millones de pesos.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos...Read More
El gobierno de la Ciudad de M?(C)xico entreg?? hoy 22 nuevas patrullas a la alcald?-a Xochimilco. COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexSitio: http://www.excelsior.com.mx/tvSuscr?-bete a n...Read More
El secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Marcelo Ebrard, inform?? que el gobierno de M?(C)xico interpondr?? una denuncia por terrorismo tras el tiroteo en El Paso, Texas, Estados Unidos, que dej?? seis mexicanos muertos y siete m??s heridos. COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos...Read More
El presidente Andr?(C)s Manuel L??pez Obrador sostiene di??logocon la comunidad del Hospital Rural Huetamo, Michoac??n. COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexSitio: http://www.excelsior.co...Read More
Cecilia Lugo, directora de la compa???-a contempodanza habla en entrevista sobre "Estados en Movimiento" Temporada de danza 2019. COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexSitio: http://www.ex...Read More
El actor Carlos Caballero habla en entrevista sobre la puesta en escena "??xodos", en la que se representa la migraci??n que vivieron los yaquis y coreanos.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsi...Read More