The state of the market in 2025 is exhaustively illustrated by the graph of the IDEX integral diamond index: In 2025, the index fell by 11.3%, which is slightly better than the results for 2024, when ...

In October 2025, Oriel College, Oxford is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Cecil Rhodes, a prominent British politician and businessman, founder of the De Beers Corporation. The location was not ...

At the end of July 2025, Anglo American PLC (LON: AAL) disappointed its shareholders by cutting its interim dividend by 80%, from $0.42 to $0.07. The reason for this decision, according to the company ...

Well, they finally caught them! Indian traders attempted to smuggle Russian diamonds worth $24 million into Antwerp and were apprehended by Belgian police right at the Russian tag. The diamonds were ...

In 1982, the enfant terrible of diamond journalism, Edward Jay Epstein, published the now-famous book «The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion», which contained the ...

The main intrigue in the diamond industry is undoubtedly Anglo American PLC's attempt to divest itself of De Beers by the end of this year. Possible deal options and their impact on the further ...

The history of the diamond market during WWII attracts the attention of not only academic researchers but also many industry experts today. The reasons are clear: historical parallels between the ...

Reuters reports that Anglo American (AAL.L) is considering the possibility of conducting an IPO for De Beers with a listing in London. Anglo owns 85% of De Beers' shares, with 15% owned by the ...

In November 2025, the Kimberley Process (KP) held its regular plenary meeting in Dubai, UAE. The official KP press release pinned on this event with bright hopes: «it will play a vital role in shaping ...

In 1911, an architect from Kyiv, Vladislav Gorodetsky, together with his two fellows - members of the Kyiv Department of the Imperial Society of Proper Hunting, traveled to the British East African ...

In September 2023, Rough-Polished published an article,"The Mystery of the Somalia Gold Elephant."The publication was prompted by a discussion with several European bullion coin dealers regarding the ...

Natural diamonds and colored gemstones are attractive investment assets at first glance. They have a high unit cost and their number in the bowels of the Earth is finite, which should potentially lead ...