Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Matthams Spencer is a Paris-based writer who covers jewelry. This article is more than 5 years old. A miner shows off the ...

Natural Diamonds led the market with approximately 54.73% share in 2024 due to the well-established demand for these diamonds in luxury jewelry as well as for investment purposes. Synthetic Diamonds ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Diamond Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 2020" report to their offering. The 'Diamond Mining in the ...

In Friday’s Diamond Industry Updates email to Mining Weekly, the South African Diamond Producers Organisation carries this ...

The global diamond business sank deeper in 2025 as weak demand, cheap lab-grown alternatives and geopolitical tensions combined to shake traditional mining to its core. Other producers also struggled.

On Dec. 30, high school teacher James Ward was visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park with his wife Elizabeth and their ...

Diamonds are uniquely valuable due to their extreme hardness and exceptional thermal conductivity, making them the hardest known natural material, about 58 times harder than any other, according to ...

De Beers has attracted interest from several business groups and African governments as parent Anglo American looks to ...

Diamonds found by a miner in an abandoned mine in Areinha, Brazil A recent operation in northern Brazil has put a spotlight on the country’s often overlooked illegal diamond trade, but authorities are ...

The Cinta-Larga indigenous group in Brazil is on the brink of collapse as they struggle to confront illegal mining in one of the world’s largest diamond deposits. “Our land is our spirit. An ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global diamond mining market is expected to post a CAGR of almost 5% during the period 2020-2024, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. Request a ...

From a young age, I loved watching shows about guys who went and looked for gems in places like Iceland. And, I've always been a big rockhound—someone interested in rocks and stones—and gone out ...