http://www.idexonline.com/RSS/Polished_Market.rss Polished Market en 2026 IDEX Online Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:47:51 GMT 10 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51418 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51418 An exceptionally rare 8.03-carat blue diamond ring is expected to fetch up to £2 million ($2.64m) at auction in London next week. The center stone is a pear modified brilliant cut fancy light blue diamond graded as VS2 clarity by GIA mounted within... Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51418 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51415 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51415 The World Diamond Council (WDC) has introduced a revised System of Warranties that now includes a due-diligence process and broadens its remit to cover human rights, labor rights, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. The System... Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51415 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51412 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51412 A company that certified sustainably produced diamonds and colored gemstones for seven years has abandoned the program. SCS Global Services said the market had failed to develop the conditions needed to support the voluntary scheme at scale.... Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51412 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51410 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51410 Jewelers of America (JA) stepped up its lobbying in Washington last week for tariff exemptions for diamonds, as the US threatened an unprecedented new round of tariffs. Newly enacted legislation gives the president authority to impose tariffs of up to 100%... Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51410 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51405 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51405 De Beers has unveiled a new natural/lab grown screening device that cuts the scan time for seven carats of melee diamonds from around 30 minutes to under five. SynthDetect 2 also automates more of the testing and reporting process. It was launched on... Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51405 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51403 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51403 A 14.63-carat fancy orangy-pink diamond ring valued at up to $2.6 million will lead an auction of almost 300 Art Deco jewels and objects at Christie's Geneva in November. The single-owner collection was assembled over four decades by a private family... Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51403 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51400 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51400 Forty-three percent of US consumers say they're planning to spend less on jewelry this holiday season, according to new research from McKinsey & Company. Only 18% said they planned to spend more, while 39% expected to spend about the same.... Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:08:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51400 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51399 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51399 Signet Jewelers posted a 2.2% increase in same-store sales in its second quarter and raised its full-year earnings outlook. That's despite a 0.5% decline in total sales, to $1.53 billion for the 13 weeks ended August 1, 2026, partly because Signet decommissioned... Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:10:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51399 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51397 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51397 India's polished diamond exports rose 5.5% month-on-month to $924.51 million in August. But that was 4.93% below a year earlier, when polished diamond exports reached $972.47 million, according to the latest Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council... Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51397 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51390 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51390 CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, this week backed "synthetic" as the preferred term for diamonds produced through industrial processes. The move reverses its 2010 acceptance of "laboratory-grown diamond" and other similar terms, and could .... Tue, 8 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51390