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Reflecting the extraordinary unique provenance of the collection!   Rio Tinto’s second Beyond Rare Tender: The Art Series 02 has delivered a strong result, reflecting the extraordinary rarity and unique provenance of the collection, together with the ongoing appeal for truly scarce natural fancy coloured diamonds.    Titled Colour Awakened, the collection comprises 76 diamonds in 48 lots, including legacy inventory of pink, red and violet diamonds from the Argyle Diamond Mine, together with white and yellow diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. For the first time, the collection also featured seven Old Masters, notable historic diamonds from the Argyle Mine.    Continuing the success of the inaugural event in 2023, bidding for the carefully curated collection resulted in a broad geographic spread of 12 successful bidders from Australia, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Singapore and North Amer...

Mountain announce Rough Diamond Sale   Viewings will be held from February 22 w ith the sale closing on March 5 Mountain Province Diamonds announces the upcoming sale of the largest gem quality diamond recovered to date from the Gahcho Kué mine, located in Canada's Northwest Territories. The diamond is a 157.38 carat gem of exceptional quality. Named, Polaris-after the North Star, this diamond exhibits a rare natural blue fluorescence that echoes its Canadian Arctic origins.   Reid Mackie, the Company's Vice President Diamond Marketing said, "We are thrilled to offer Polaris at our upcoming February sale. It is an extraordinary stone, recovered at the end of an extraordinary year. Polaris, the North Star, is an enduring touch point of light for those navigating under northern skies.   It remains a celestial constant as the earth rotates and the seasons change. We take inspiration from this stone and the beautiful light suspended within it, as we, our customers, an...

  UNI and EZcalc announce first Tender! Featuring selection of extraordinarily valued polished stones   White Diamond Tenders will become a regular feature of the UNI/EZcalc sales calendar, offering a selection of goods that under normal circumstances would be difficult to find in one place at the same time.   With the end-of-year holiday shopping season now officially underway, UNI and EZcalc have announced their inaugural White Diamond Tender, which will take place December 10 to 14, 2020, and following that become a regular weekly event. On offer will be hand-selected, high-quality polished diamonds of unusual value, exclusively being made available for the sale. “White Diamond Tenders are going to be a regular feature of our sales calendar, with the goal each weekend being to offer a selection of goods that under normal circumstances would be difficult to find in one place at the same time,” said Mahiar Borhanjoo, UNI’s CEO.   “For the premiere White Diamon...

The tender will begin on August 4, 2020   'With bourses closed, the Indian industry idle for extensive periods of time and a moratorium in that country on rough diamond imports, gaps are beginning to open in the pipeline, and these could prove significant as the year closes out. An August tender, conducted virtually so as to dispel any health concerns, provides a timely and practical solution.'   August traditionally has been a vacation month in the international diamond trade, but 2020 is proving different, as companies scramble to restock following the lockdown that cast a shadow over the first half of the year. To meet the demand, and with numerous retail markets showing signs of recovery and the end-of-the year holiday season fast approaching, UNI and EZCalc are organizing a summer-time Virtual Polished Diamond Tender.   The tender will take place next week. Viewing and bidding will begin on Wednesday, August 4, 2020, at 04:00 NYC time (09:00 UK, 10:00 Belgium, ...

Alrosa June sales of rough and polished Diamonds reached $222 million Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond miner, announces diamond sales results for June and six months of 2019. In June, Alrosa Group sold $222.4 million worth of rough and polished diamonds. Rough diamond sales by value amounted to $219.3 million, polished diamond sales – $3.1 million.  Alrosa’s total rough and polished diamond sales in January-June 2019 amounted to $1,811 million. During the six months of 2019, rough diamonds were sold for $1,784 million, polished diamonds – for $27.3 million. “We keep implementing our balanced sales strategy amid the backdrop of persisting excess diamond stock both at the cutting and polishing (midstream) sector and at retailers, as well as challenges related to financing of Indian midstream business. The market is gradually entering the phase of seasonally low demand for rough diamonds, which also weighs on the industry sales numbers. We expect Improv...

Sales 20 polished diamonds with total weight of 140.4 carats for US$3mn Alrosa, a global leader in diamond mining, summed up the results of the tender for polished diamonds, which was held in New York this June. The company's cutting division - Diamonds of Alrosa organized the tender. The company sold 20 polished diamonds with total weight of 140.4 carats. That amount included 8 gemstones of standard color and 12 fancy colored polished diamonds, most of them had Fancy Yellow and Fancy Intense Yellow characteristics. The overall revenue amounted to $3 mln. There were 29 participants from several countries at the tender, and 11 firms were recognized as winners in different tender positions. “The polished diamond tender in New York was very successful, despite the traditionally quiet summer season and the falling market as a whole.  White and fancy polished diamonds were equally in good demand. In addition to retailers from the US, the world's largest ma...

A rough diamond tender untill May 14 TAGS will be holding a rough diamond tender at the Dubai Diamond Exchange in the Almas Tower in Dubai from the 7th May to the 14th May 2019. Two regular productions from South Africa and Angola will again be presented. All materials contain a significant number of large single stones and exceptional specials and are of high quality and high colour. TAGS are expecting in the region of 30,000 carats of South African goods and 25,000 carats of Angolan goods across a full range of sizes. The event should have a combined value in excess of US$40m; however final details will soon be forthcoming from the producers. Interested parties can contact TAGS website for bookings at their earliest convenience to schedule an appointment. The full event schedule for 2019 is listed on the Trans Atlantic Gem Sales website. TAGS say, “We act independently to ensure a fair, consistent and reputable e-Market with constantly evolving technology, sale...

Tender rough bags more 76% over the previous! Diamcor Mining announces the results of a second tender and sale of rough diamonds for the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019. The Company sold 1,220.23 carats of rough diamonds recovered from ongoing processing exercises performed at the Company’s Krone-Endora at Venetia Project, for gross proceeds of USD $375,907.72, resulting in an average sale price of USD $308.06 per carat. This represented a price increase of 76% as compared to the Company’s average price per carat of $176.16 realized on all rough diamonds tendered and sold to date. The tender included the sale of the previously announced 44 carat gem quality rough diamond. The Company also announced the addition of Precision Capital Development Services (PCDS) to act on a consulting basis to support the existing operational team.   PCDS has extensive experience in the operational management of mining projects, and their services are aim...

Laurelton Diamonds Tender From January 7 & up to 17 Laurelton Diamonds Belgium BVBA will be holding the viewings of its next Tender of Rough and Sawn at the Antwerp Diamond Tender Facility (ATF), Belgium. The Tender will include a selection of White and Cape Rough parcels in sizes from +5cts to -7 in regular and high quality assortments in Cts and Grs.   There will also be a range of White Sawn Kaps offered in sized parcels from +3gr to -5 in mixed qualities. The tender is scheduled from Tuesday 7th January to Thursday & up to 17th January 2019 and viewing appointments can be booked. The tender will be held in the Antwerp Diamond Tender Facility (ATF), AWDC Building. Laurelton Diamonds Belgium BVBA, a subsidiary of Tiffany & Co, is a rough diamond manufacturing and trading company with operations across the globe. The company procures rough diamonds and manages the worldwide supply chain that cuts, polishes and supplies finished diamonds to Ti...

DDE total sales are up by 70% YoY DDE and Stargems Group hosts six tenders The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), a subsidiary of DMCC, the world’s flagship Free Zone and Dubai government authority on commodities trade and enterprise, in collaboration with Stargems Group, today announced the completion of six successful rough diamond tenders of SACIM goods (Anhui-Congo Mining Investment Company) with over 2 million carats sold. The tenders were held at the Almas Tower with around 200 diamond companies in attendance and were facilitated by the Dubai Diamond Exchange in a secure, transparent and regulated environment.   Earlier this year, DMCC signed a strategic partnership with Stargems, specialised in the sourcing and supply of fine diamonds, to host a series of rough diamond tenders. The agreement enables members, miners and suppliers from around the world to trade and distribute rough diamonds at Stargems’ events hosted at DDE’s headquarters in Almas Tower. The s...