Gemfields short films 2 released!

Under the Emeralds, the second instalment in Gemfields’ short films project moves ahead! Following on from the launch of our inaugural video on responsible sourcing – on World Earth Day, we are excited to introduce the second instalment in Gemfields’ new film series about responsibly sourced coloured gemstones. This one is all about the glorious green emerald: the birthstone of May.

Narrated and set to music, the film’s focus is on every aspect of emeralds, which are long associated with new beginnings, hope, peace, fertility and the green shoots of spring. It looks at how they have been responsibly sourced and guides the viewer on a journey through their formation half a billion years ago, deep within the darkness beneath the earth’s surface, “one crystal at a time”.

Mother's Day Gift Guide

This year, let’s make Mother’s Day extra special. Send a little light, even when you can’t be there in person. Deliver lab-grown diamonds right to her door, so she can shine in pink, white, or blue.

Lab-grown diamonds are diamonds that were grown by scientists in a lab. They share the same chemical makeup as natural diamonds, and are optically identical. The biggest differences between natural and lab-created diamonds are how they’re made, and how rare they are.

Istanbul Jewelry Show pushed to 2021

The Istanbul Jewelry Show March edition, which was planned to run from 18-21 June 2020 at CNR Expo, Istanbul Fair Center has been postponed until 25-28 March 2021. In light of the recent global developments around the Covid-19 virus, our top priority is the health and safety of everyone involved in the Istanbul Jewelry Show; our employees, partners, customers and exhibitors.

After careful consultation with industry stakeholders, and upon the official decision of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade on 20 April 2020 regarding the postponement of all events until 1 July, the event will now take place on 25-28 March 2021.

Lockdown review regulates economy

Ministry of Home Affairs Extension of Lockdown for a further period of Two Weeks with effect from May 4, 2020 and allows commercial activities with all those measures of safety.  After a comprehensive review, and in view of the Lockdown measures having led to significant gains in the COVID-19 situation in the country, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India (GoI) issued an Order under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, to further extend the Lockdown for a further period of 2 weeks with effect from May 4, 2020.  

BDB fights Covid with Maharashtra!

Contributes Rs1.20Crore to CM relief Aid

Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) committee commends the effort of our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Government, CM Shree Uddhav Thackeray to fight the war against Covid-19. BDB also acknowledges the entire team of Health workers, Police, Doctors, Mumbai Municipality and all the COVID fighters to have stood alongside people of the country to win the COVID war.

Identify business and Export opportunities

Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Shri Piyush Goyal has called upon the Indian Missions abroad to play an important role in identification of opportunities for Indian business and export, existing in their countries, and making India a preferred destination, a reliable destination for investment. He was speaking to 131 missions from different geographies last evening through Video conferencing, along with the External Affairs Minister Shri S. Jaishankar.

A River Runs Through It!

Recently Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group expressed amid pandemic Covid-19 lockdown! He said, perhaps it is a result of the global lockdowns, but as I, like you, have worked to manage through the immediate crisis and plot the course forward, I have found myself longing for one of my favourite places - Botswana’s Okavango Delta. The Delta is a place of unparalleled natural beauty, a source of life and renewal for the world and a welcome reminder for me of better days ahead.

The story of the Delta starts far away from Botswana in the highlands of Angola, where almost all the water that will one day end up in the Delta begins as rainfall, collecting in lakes and rivers until it joins the Cuito and Cubango Rivers. The two rivers become one in the south of the country where they form the famous Okavango River, which carries its water across Namibia and into Botswana, ultimately bringing the Okavango Delta to life.

Q1 global gold demand remained of 1,083.8t

Global gold demand held firm at 1,083.8t in Q1 2020, a rise of 1% on the same period last year, according to the World Gold Council’s latest Gold Demand Trends report. The global Covid-19 pandemic fuelled safe-haven investment demand for gold with gold-backed ETFs and it is attracting huge inflows (+298t) to push global holdings in these products to a record high of 3,185t.

Conversely, consumer-focused sectors of the market weakened sharply. Jewellery demand was hit hard by the effects of the outbreak and quarterly demand dropped 39% to a record low of 325.8t. Q1 inflows into gold-backed ETFs saw a seven-fold year-on-year increase amid global uncertainty and financial market volatility. Holdings of gold-backed ETFs reached a record high of 3,185t by the end of Q1.

Spend Mother’s Day with mother!

In a note Alexandra More said, Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother's energy in each of us, family, motherhood itself as well as our maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.  Today more than any other time, embodying those qualities and fostering a  commitment to being caring, positive, and tender towards ourselves, the people in our lives and our planet will play an important role in practicing a much healthier and sustainable life.

These vulnerable times certainly affect our usual plans to spend Mother’s Day with close to our mother. While the best gift we can give her is our company, COVID-19 and social distancing will force us to be separate on this special day. So how can we show mom that we love and appreciate her without being able to be with her?  

De Beers donates $200K to assist women’s support

Donation adds to the more than $5 million De Beers Group has already committed to its producer partner countries to support Covid-19 response efforts

De Beers Group today announced a $200,000 donation across its four producer partner countries of Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa to assist women’s shelters and support organisations to respond to an increase in gender-based violence resulting from the Covid-19 situation.