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De Beers Exec Jonathan Kendall to Retire
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Jonathan Kendall, a key executive in De Beers’ downstream activities, will retire at the end of the year following two decades with the business.Kendall was most recently president of De Beers Group Industry Services — the miner’s grading...
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Mining
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Nov 15, 2020
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Rapaport News
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Growing Up with Gen Z
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Despite all the nights of lost sleep over whether millennials will still want to buy diamond jewelry, it turns out this group is not so dissimilar to previous generations. Generation Z, though — now aging into relevance — is a different...
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Polished Markets
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Jun 16, 2020
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Rachael Taylor
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De Beers Brings Its Grading Services to US
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De Beers Group Industry Services will provide diamond-grading reports to RDI Diamonds in its first foray into the US market.The grading-lab arm of the mining giant will be the exclusive provider of grading services for the New...
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Retail
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Feb 02, 2020
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Rapaport News
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CIBJO Creates Committee on Lab-Grown Diamonds
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The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) has votedto establish a lab-grown diamond committee that will determine rules for the synthetics sector. The CIBJO board approved the move at the confederation’s 2019 congress in Bahrain,...
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Polished Markets
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Nov 21, 2019
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Rapaport News
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Christie’s, De Beers Partner on London Exhibition
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Christie’swill collaborate with De Beers to stage a museum-quality exhibition in London aimed ateducating the public about the science of diamonds, the auction house said. Thefive-day event, focused on fancy-color diamonds as well as rare rocks andminerals, will...
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Polished Markets
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Oct 24, 2019
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Rapaport News
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CIBJO Urges Trade to Woo Gen Z-ers
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Understanding the newest generation of jewelry-buyingconsumers is imperative for the industry to thrive, the World JewelleryConfederation (CIBJO) stressed last week ahead of its upcoming congress inBahrain. Members of Generation Z, which includes consumers aged 15 to25, will...
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Retail
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Sep 15, 2019
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Rapaport News
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De Beers Grading Unit Launches Courses in China
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The International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research(IIDGR) will launch a series of educational courses in China through apartnership with a local grading organization, it said Tuesday. The De Beers subsidiary will collaborate with the NationalGemstone Testing...
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Polished Markets
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Sep 13, 2018
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Rapaport News
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De Beers: Making the Grade
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Since earlier this year, De Beers’ gemological unit has beenpartnering with Asian retailers to offer its diamond-grading reports to jewelryconsumers. The miner’s International Institute of Diamond Grading &Research (IIDGR) launched the program with Singapore’s...
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Retail
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Sep 07, 2017
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Joshua Freedman
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De Beers Grading Firm Makes Asian Debut
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Soo Kee Group will become the first Singaporean jewelry retailerto offer gemological reports from De Beers grading unit.The inaugural Asian retail partnership will allow Soo Kee tooffer bespoke reports from the...
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Retail
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Feb 12, 2017
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Rapaport News
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De Beers Expands Surat Grading Center
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De Beers plans to expand its diamond grading facility in Surat, India as the company increases the services it offers at the facility. The International Institute of Diamond Grading &Research (IIDGR), a subsidiary of De Beers, said it will invest $5 million...
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Technology
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Dec 06, 2016
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Rapaport News
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IIDGR Strikes Lab Deal with U.K. Jewelry Trade Body
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De Beersgrading subsidiary, the International Institute of Diamond Grading &Research (IIDGR), has partnered with the U.K.’s National Associationof Jewellers (NAJ) to offer its members preferential terms at itsU.K. laboratory.“Working withbodies such as the NAJ, IIDGR...
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Polished Markets
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Aug 09, 2016
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Rapaport News
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Polished Markets
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Mar 31, 2016
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Avi Krawitz
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