http://www.idexonline.com/RSS/Rough_Market.rss Rough Market en 2026 IDEX Online Tue, 8 Sep 2026 05:24:39 GMT 10 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51387 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51387 Gem Diamonds returned to profit in the first half of 2026 as higher rough diamond prices at its Letseng mine in Lesotho lifted revenue despite lower recovered carat volumes. The company reported attributable profit of $0.6 million for the six months... Mon, 7 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51387 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51377 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51377 Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) says it has established a dedicated lab-grown diamond division, as trade in the stones almost doubled last year to a record 76.9 million carats. It marks the formal and institutional separation of lab-grown and ... Wed, 2 Sep 2026 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51377 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51371 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51371 The US has extended a waiver allowing limited imports of Russian-origin diamonds until September 2027, a move seen as practical rather than a softening of sanctions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) renewed General License 104B ... Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51371 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51370 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51370 Alrosa attributed its first-half net loss to a weak global diamond market, a strong ruble and slow sales, as unsold rough piled up to record levels, according to full financial results released on August 26. It said inventories of unsold rough now amounted to... Sun, 30 Aug 2026 03:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51370 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51360 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51360 Canada's Ekati diamond mine could be forced to halt all activity if its water license is suspended after a regulator accused it of dumping unauthorized mining material. The Wekeezhii Land and Water Board said its court-appointed receiver ... Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51360 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51356 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51356 Mountain Province Diamonds posted a net loss of CAD120.6 million (USD 86.9 million) for the quarter ended 30 June as it faced a sharp drop in diamond prices and unrealized foreign-exchange losses from a weaker Canadian dollar. That's an increase of ... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51356 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51368 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51368 Yoram Dvash, former president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), has been appointed chairman of the board of Botswana's state-owned rough-diamond marketing company, Okavango Diamond Company (ODC). He succeeds... Sun, 23 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51368 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51355 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51355 India's parliament has passed a 15-year income tax exemption for foreign companies selling rough diamonds through its Special Notified Zones (SNZs). The move is designed to transform India from the world's leading diamond cutting and polishing... Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51355 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51346 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51346 A rough diamond submitted to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) turned out to be a CVD lab grown that had been deliberately cut to look like a natural stone. The 6.87-carat near-colorless crystal closely resembled a natural rough octahedron, say the ... Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51346 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51338 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51338 China's lab-grown diamond exports jumped 65.3% in the first half of 2026, driven in part by rising overseas demand for synthetic stones used to cool high-performance AI chips, official trade data show. The value of lab-grown diamond exports cleared through... Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51338