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Due to the US Summer holidays, the natural diamond trade has been subdued this season. Uncertainty in the economy has caused reason for concern about the future of the natural diamond industry. Consumers are becoming more aware of how much they spend on natural diamonds.Let's take a closer look at how the occurrence...
It's been just over three (3) months since Russia invaded Ukraine and as expected the natural diamond market has taken a dip. This decline was predicted long before the war broke out in Russia as experts say that it will be some time before the impact of Russian sanctions is felt downstream. However, consumers are e...
Due to geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the seasonal influences of the Passover and Easter holidays, the diamond market slowed in April 2022. The natural diamond trade was underpinned by steady US retail demand, but dealer activity was slow due to price uncertainty, Chinese lockdowns, and Russian...
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From a global pandemic to a war. Yet another global disaster to humanity many of us did not see coming. It's been just over a month since Russia invaded Ukraine and what is to be considered Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. On March 11, the US government banned imports of Russian diamonds. The sanc...
We’re 3 months into 2022. In Jan and Feb there was a continued recovery in natural diamond prices, from their low in 2020. As we entered March prices increased notably, possibly reflecting a reaction to sanctions against Russia which specifically name diamonds (Russia produces 1/3 of the world’s diamonds). Let’s tak...
Times Have ChangedMany things have changed since 2020. Some of those changes have expanded old paradigms, including the ways we interact and how we buy things."Zoom" has become a verb, describing a widely embraced system of safe interactivity which altered the way people and even institutions now conduct business.Di...
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