Diamonds in places like Sierra Leone have long had a tarnished association with war and corruption – blood diamonds, as ...

For decades, the diamond world has relied on a simple assumption: that mined stones are inherently superior, rarer, and more “real” than anything produced in a lab. Yet the numbers, the science, and ...

Pandora, the world's largest jewelry maker, is done with diamonds - at least if they are sourced from the ground. The company announced Tuesday that it will no longer use mined diamonds, instead only ...

Diamond giant De Beers slashed the price of its precious solitaires amid plunging sales as bargain-hunting fiancées increasingly opt for cheaper lab-grown gems. Among De Beers’ larger stones, one ...

Growing interest around the world for laboratory-grown diamonds poses both threats and opportunities for African economies that depend on their own natural gems. More and more jewellery lovers are ...

Mined diamonds are facing a sharp decline in demand and value, with major miners like DeBeers and Vale reporting significant drops in earnings due to the competition from lab-grown diamonds. The shift ...

In March 2025, workers at one of North America’s most remote mining operations pulled a rough yellow diamond from the frozen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive 2,492-carat diamond has been mined in Botswana. The gem, unveiled by the country’s president at a viewing ceremony on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The natural diamond industry has been fueled by a glittering marketing strategy for decades, but is the sustainability of modern, ...

Boston Diamond Company founder and CEO Stephanie Binder didn’t set out to follow trends. A second-generation jeweler who grew up visiting her mother’s 150-square-foot shop, she trained in Los Angeles ...