New Delhi: Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the government to formulate stringent regulations mandating traders to clearly disclose whether a diamond is natural or lab-grown while marketing to prevent ambiguity. In a communication to the Department of Consumer Affairs, the council has said that ensuring transparency and implementing clear and standardised…
The lab-grown diamond market has seen a significant drop in prices, from $300 a carat in July 2022 to $78 a carat recently. Natural diamonds experienced a 25-30% price drop too. Factors like rising gold prices, a downturn in the US economy, and changes in Chinese buying patterns have impacted the diamond industry negatively, reported…
Prices of Indian lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) have crashed by 45% in FY24 due to overproduction in the global markets. In FY24 global production of lab-grown diamonds stood at 40 million carats, which is almost 33% higher than FY23 production. Indian LGD exports have dropped by 18.2 % in April to $83.77 million in value terms…
De Beers Group’s wholly-owned lab-grown diamond jewellery brand, Lightbox Jewelry, today announced a permanent price reduction to as low as $500 per carat, from a previous price of $800 per carat, for the brand’s Standard range of lab-grown diamonds. The price reduction follows months of testing lower prices and researching the lab-grown diamond jewellery sector….
The Lab-grown Diamonds (LGDs) exports are expected to witness a revival in FY25, with exports expected to grow by 7-9% to reach a value of~US$1500-1530 million, according to CareEdge Advisory. LGD exports have been declining in recent time, and have seen around 16.5% decline y-o-y for FY24. While the sales volume of LGDs have been…
Representative image Kolkata: Large jewellery chains such as Kalyan Jewellers, Tanishq, Malabar Gold & Diamonds, Joyalukkas and Senco Gold are staying away from lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) citing low demand and an aversion to mixing them with natural stones at counters. Nonetheless, the buzz over such stones – much cheaper than natural diamonds and indistinguishable from…
Representative image The glittering diamonds sparkle the same but there are key differences: mined natural gems are more than a billion years old, while laboratory-made rocks are new and cost less than half the price. Man-made gems are reshaping the $89 billion global diamond jewellery market, especially in the west Indian city of Surat where…
Representative image. After clocking a positive export figure in November this year, the lab-grown diamond (LGD) exports are again back in red in December despite prices falling by 45 percent in the current fiscal year. Exports of polished lab-grown diamonds for the period Dec 2023 stood at US$ 83.51 million and showed a decline of…
