http://www.idexonline.com/RSS/Rough_Market.rss Rough Market en 2026 IDEX Online Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:38:45 GMT 10 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51286 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51286 Looking at the market over a five-year period removes the distortions created by the COVID-19 buying boom. During this period, 1-carat diamonds lost 47.5% of their value, compared with a decline of just 13.6% for 5-carat diamonds. The 1-carat price index includes round diamonds weighing 1.00 to 1.49 carats, in the D-K color range and IF to I1 clarities. The 5-carat category includes round diamonds weighing 5.00 to 5.99 carats, in the D-J color range and IF to SI2 clarities. Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51286 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51280 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51280 World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), together with the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), will convene in Singapore from 12 to 15 July 2026. Wed, 8 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51280 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51279 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51279 Reports from several diamond-producing countries indicate that small diamond miners have shifted from diamond to gold mining. Small alluvial mining operations are relatively easy to convert into gold mining, as most of the equipment is similar in both operations. Tue, 7 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51279 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51275 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51275 A sale of rough diamonds from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Antwerp today (18 June) broke a decades-old pattern which locked artisanal miners out of the international market. In what is billed as a world first, a small parcel of diamonds from ... Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51275 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51272 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51272 The sale of De Beers may be just weeks away, according to CEO Al Cook - ending more than two years of uncertainty for Anglo American's loss-making diamond company. Divestiture is "closer than it has ever been," he told the Reuters NEXT... Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51272 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51271 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51271 South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has condemned Petra over its decision to put its Finsch mine into business rescue, and to issue a jobs warning for its other deposit, at Cullinan. The union says a total of 1,779 jobs are at risk... Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51271 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51265 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51265 Petra Diamonds says business rescue practitioners (BRPs) will now see if they can find a way to save the Finsch mine, in South Africa. They've taken custodianship of the beleaguered mine and will draw up a revised business plan that must be approved ... Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51265 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51256 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51256 Botswana is reportedly seeking financial help from UAE and Oman to buy a reduced stake in De Beers. It had been aiming for overall control of the loss-making miner, but has scaled back its ambitions amid the worst downturn in the diamond industry's... Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51256 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51251 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51251 Petra has suspended operations at its Finsch mine, in South Africa, blaming "an unprecedentedly weak diamond market" compounded by tensions in the Middle East and a strong rand. The loss-making UK-based miner said there had been "a structural shift ... Thu, 4 Jun 2026 03:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51251 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51249 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51249 The Kao diamond mine, in Lesotho, is to halt operations at the end of this month. Loss-making operators Storm Mountain blames a slump in sales, together with a crippling rise in fuel prices as a result of conflict in the Middle East. It also said growing... Wed, 3 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51249