A six-year synthetic diamond experiment by De Beers is being abandoned in the first aftershock of the failed $49 billion attempt by BHP to buy mining rival Anglo American, the current owner of the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. The recent JCK Las Vegas jewelry show was all abuzz as De ...
De Beers Group is getting out of the business for lab-made diamond jewelry, shutting down its Lightbox brand and refocusing on naturally occurring gems after a steep decline in the price of ...
De Beers hasn’t exactly been sparkling lately. The diamond industry’s most famous name has grappled with weak demand for the precious stone since a peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside the ...
De Beers has made one of the deepest ever cuts to its group of handpicked diamond buyers as the former monopoly grapples with a prolonged crisis roiling the industry, people with knowledge of the ...
Lab-grown diamonds are taking over — and big gem is sweating. Brides-to-be are snapping up bigger, cheaper, jaw-dropping lab-grown rocks, and the once-untouchable natural diamond market is feeling the ...
The popularity of synthetic stones has sent the market for natural diamonds crashing. With consumers confused about how to tell the difference, how can a market leader like De Beers regain its sparkle ...
BRUSSELS, July 11 (Reuters) - A top European court on Wednesday struck down a decision by the European Commission which forced diamond producer De Beers to stop buying rough diamonds from Alrosa of ...