The Rapaport Market Comment presents the crux of each week’s trends and news in a succinct format. Internally, we call it the “5-liner” because of the space it takes on the Rapaport Price List.

Alrosa deputy CEO Vladimir Marchenko is leaving his position with the Russian miner to move to another business in the industry. Marchenko joined Alrosa in 2017 as vice president of production for ...

A year ago, we highlighted three issues that would be important for the diamond and jewelry industry during 2024. How did these develop throughout the year, and what’s in store for 2025? Rapaport ...

Of the many stories the Rapaport News team wrote in 2024, some gave us pause, many seemed important, and others provided interesting information. However, some were downright surprising, unexpected, ...

From a halt in lab-grown to a major sale, these are the articles that made the news team say “wow” in 2024.

Output from Angola’s diamond mines came to a record 12 million carats in 2024, surpassing 10 million carats for the first time. The rise in production is the result of legal and tax reforms the ...

The past year has been difficult for the diamond trade. However, there have been periods of stabilization as well as specific categories that have outperformed others. Rapaport Senior Analyst Joshua ...

With the year wrapping up, Rapaport News asked ChatGPT to write a well-researched news article about the diamond industry in 2024, using as many credible sources as possible, including news outlets, ...

Everything has changed, but really nothing has changed. The stories that dominated the news this past year were on the same topics that always get people clicking: diamond prices, lab-grown fraud, De ...

This year saw an increasing number of industry activities that were sometimes illegal, and many times morally dubious. From lab-grown diamonds submitted for grading as natural, to a surge in ...

Love was in the air in 2024, as countless celebrities celebrated their engagements with dazzling rings that stole the spotlight. From bold colored gemstones to massive diamonds, these rings showcased ...

Joint military and police forces protecting Gemfields’ Montepuez ruby mine (MRM) against attacks from rebels in Mozambique shot and killed two individuals involved in an attempt to invade the deposit.