Aalst Carnival
In 2019, Sylvain hears about the Aalst carnival for the first time. A troubling resemblance between the conventions of Nazi propaganda and the caricatures present at the carnival strikes
De Beers plans to make all its diamonds trackable
Image: De Beers At this week’s sight in Botswana, De Beers offered
Sylvain Goldberg on the alpha and omega of the diamond industry
The Alpha and Omega of the diamond business history and some savvy expertise
Are the Russian diamond sanctions working?
There’s been a lot of talk about how current sanctions language allows
Jennifer Lopez’s rare $3M+ green diamond engagement ring
Image: Jennifer Lopez – onthejlo.com Earlier this month, Jennifer Lopez announced in her ‘On The JLo’ newsletter that she had
Georgia jeweler selling $1 million jewel-studded chess set
Images: Windsor Fine Jewelers For $1 million, you can own a chess fit for a real king or queen. The
Russian diamond dealer Alrosa, choked by sanctions, will not be able to repay a debt of 11.6 million dollars
Russian giant Alrosa, one of the world’s largest diamond miners, announced on Monday that it could not pay a debt
Once they leave Antwerp, are they suddenly not Russian diamonds anymore?
To boycott, or not to boycott. That’s the question. Should Antwerp ban Russian diamonds in order to avoid fueling Putin’s
Wouters & Hendrix leaves Responsible Jewellery Council: ‘No longer credible’.
Wouters & Hendrix is the first Belgian company from the diamond sector to terminate its membership in the Responsible Jewellery
Russian trade ban: some Antwerp diamond merchants support it
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the international community took numerous measures to dry up funding for Russian military operations. The