Wishing a happy and healthy new year to all who celebrate.

This week: Gold price hits multiyear low. Botswana seeks to reduce reliance on diamonds. And, the woman who accidentally donated jewelry to a charity shop is now “distraught.” All below.

 

Small gains expected for jewelry this holiday

– Deloitte sees “muted growth”

 

Daniel’s Jewelers expands to the East Coast

 

Gold price hits two-year low

 

Has the market burst for secondhand watch prices?

 

De Beers Forevermark backtracks on loose diamond plan

 

Four factors that will shape the lab-grown diamond industry’s future

– Canadian company says it’s the first to produce lab-grown there

 

Rapaport podcast interview with analyst Kieron Hodgson (audio)

– Rapaport on the “art of exclusivity”

– What jewelers can learn from luxury giants

 

Russian gem sales “fracturing” trade

– Russia expects 34–35 million carat production

 

Belgium’s diamonds “lose shine amid Russia sanctions talk”

– No reduction in Russian rough coming into Belgium

– Belgium prime minister praised at diamond conference

 

Grib cancels auction following payment block

 

Israeli state attorney reaches plea bargain with Lev Leviev

– Lev Leviev questioned in smuggling case after landing at Israeli airport

 

The New York Times on the South African dam break

 

IPIS on reported leak from Catoca diamond mine

 

More than $10 million in fake jewelry seized in Cincinnati

 

Oklahoma jeweler arrested for allegedly stealing from consumers

 

Brink’s robbery time line “doesn’t make sense”

 

Attorney now main suspect in Detroit jeweler’s murder

 

Ekati hires company to build underwater diamond crawler

– Jewelry insider visits Canadian diamond mine

 

Botswana seeks to reduce reliance on diamonds

 

Vicenza panel on jewelry supply chain regulation (video)

 

WatchBox chooses Andy Zhang for expansion into China

 

Hearts On Fire names new VP of sales, territory managers

 

Diamond Dealers Club appoints new general counsel

 

Investment fund Diamond Standard announces new funding round

 

Ethical Gem Fair coming to New York City

 

Kate Middleton wears Queen Elizabeth’s jewelry

 

South Africa calls for U.K. to return “stolen” diamond

 

Trial witness says Sara Netanyahu drew sketches of jewelry she wanted as gifts

 

Jaeger-LeCoultre taps Anya Taylor-Joy as brand ambassador

 

TAG Heuer’s 27-year-old CEO hires brand ambassador half his age

 

The man behind Parisian jewelry house Fred

 

Kendra Scott tells all in new memoir

 

Tiffany debuts new Lock collection pop-up store

 

Pandora reimagines Keith Haring’s art in new collection

 

Why the hip-hop community embraced jewelry

 

Ice-T tells rappers to stop wearing jewelry in Los Angeles

 

Jon Hamm calls for Erika Jayne to return allegedly stolen jewelry

 

Mariah Carey talks diamonds, from her bathtub

 

Handmade jewelry made for Betty White goes up for auction

 

Woman “distraught” after accidentally donating jewelry to charity shop

 

Lost diamond ring returned weeks later

 

Rizzoli’s best forthcoming jewelry books 

– There’s a new book on Tiffany & Co.

 

From the Blog

Why The Hip-Hop Community Embraced Jewelry

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 78: Guest Eric Ku

 

 

Have a great weekend and happy new year!

 

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