http://www.idexonline.com/RSS/Technology.rss Technology en 2026 IDEX Online Wed, 9 Sep 2026 09:17:39 GMT 10 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 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51385 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51385 Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever opened HRD Antwerp's expanded Mumbai laboratory on September 4 during a two-day visit to India, highlighting the importance of the country's diamond industry to Belgium's trade relationship with India. The renovated... Sun, 6 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51385 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51353 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51353 A Swiss gem-lab company is expanding its spray-on DNA-based technology, currently used on emeralds, to polished melee diamonds. Provenance Proof, an independent subsidiary of Gubelin Gem Lab, says it has begun using synthetic-DNA nanoparticles... Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51353 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 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51323 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51323 De Beers underestimated the threat from lab growns, ‌Duncan Wanblad, CEO of parent company Anglo American, admitted in an interview with the Financial Times (FT). "Hindsight would probably show that we might have wanted to have been a... Wed, 5 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51323 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51242 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51242 GIA is to buy a 30% share of Tracr, the blockchain-based traceability platform developed by De Beers. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, is likely designed to expand Tracr's reach beyond De Beers stones so it can evolve across the industry. For GIA it reinforces.... Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51242 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51084 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51084 Sarine reported a $3.9m loss for FY2025, as lab grown sales soared in the US and weak sentiment persisted in China. The Israel-based diamond grading tech company saw full year revenue dip by 25% to $29.6m. But it sees some cause for optimism.... Wed, 4 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=51084 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=50991 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=50991 Advances in technology are likely to lead to more huge diamond discoveries, says the Natural Diamond Council. Only four rough diamonds over 2,000 carats have ever been discovered, and two of those were in the last two years, it says, in a report entitled... Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=50991 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=50922 http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=50922 Sarine reported a 27 per cent drop in revenue for the first nine months of this year, primarily as a result of the popularity of lab growns among US consumers. The Israel-based diamond tech company said earnings for January to September were $22.3m,... Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMT http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=50922