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Gold, Diamonds, and Jewelry in a Transformational Age, Initiatives in Art and Culture’s (IAC) 12th annual international conference on gold and diamonds, will be held in person, from ...

Sarine Technologies will introduce its Light Performance grading reports to mainland China through a co-branded partnership with the National Gemstone Testing Center (NGTC).The reports will establish a new industry standard in the China market, Sarine said Thursday. For the past two-and-a-half...

City honoured for work on its climate action plan

Staging dinner theater at the rental venue on 76th Avenue is the next logical extension of a rapidly growing business.

CHICAGO, IL - Evergreen Real Estate Group and Council for Jewish Elderly (doing business as CJE SeniorLife) today announced the first move-ins at Ann Rainey Apartments, a 60-unit affordable senior rental community at 1011 Howard St. in Evanston, Ill. Located on Howard Street just west of Ridge Boulevard, the $25 million project is next to the existing CJE SeniorLife Adult Day Services center, which provides programming and socialization opportunities for seniors who require supervision during...

Rapaport Group chairman Martin Rapaport will give a presentation on the loose-diamond and jewelry market at a conference hosted by the Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA).The event will take place in Las Vegas on June 9 prior to the JCK Las Vegas show, AGA said recently. In addition, David...

Sarine Technologies has begun pricing certain diamond scans according to stones’ value rather than purely weight, enabling customers to put large but cheap goods through its machines at lower cost.Since the Israeli company launched the Galaxy systems in 2009, it has charged users based solely...

Traditional diamond grading can be inconsistent and inefficient, but is automation a viable alternative? Experts shared their views in the latest “Fast-Tracking the Future” webinar installment.Titled “Automated Grading and the AI Revolution,” the final session of the three-part series featured...

RAPAPORT... The Russia crisis and India’s summer break have led to a moderate drop in manufacturing that is likely to intensify in the coming months, Sarine Technologies said after reporting a decline in first-quarter sales.“I’m not sure [I] can say there is a significant slowdown, but there...

RAPAPORT... The word “metaverse” is suddenly on everyone’s lips, but what does it mean and why is it important for the diamond industry? That was the topic for the second episode of “Fast-Tracking the Future,” a webinar series sponsored by Sarine Technologies.Titled “Diamonds in the...