The Antwerp Diamond Symposium got off to a roaring start with important workshops being organized on the first day today. Industry stalwarts were seen descending at the Province House, Antwerp to attend the Pre Symposium workshop. Eminent Chairpersons spoke on various topics from Rough Diamonds, Polished Diamonds to covering Marketing and Financial Aspects. The workshop also threw light on Corporate Social Responsibility and its importance in the future.
Chaim Evan - Zohar was the moderator for the workshop and was well started by Chaim Pluczenik talking on rough Diamonds and the price point variations in roughs that are becoming a worry factor for the entire industry. Frank Fensie then took over and spoke on Polished Diamonds, availability and pricing impact on the industry.
Adding on finer points to each of the topics, Mr Kaushik Mehta spoke on Marketing and its importance in terms of increasing sale. He opined there was a need for co-op marketing activities and due emphasis to be given on adequate marketing and advertising activities that would bring back the customer to want Diamonds for more than one occasion.
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Expectations from IIJS 2009
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Silicon Carbide
Moissanite is crystalline silicon carbide - SiC. It is a man made transparent crystal which if faceted properly can look very much like a diamond! If the moissanite is set in a piece of jewellery and is then tested with a diamond tester, it would be wrongly detected as diamond.
In 1893, Dr. Acheson was trying to make synthetic diamonds, but his process had some contamination and therefore he landed up making silicon carbide accidentally. This material was called “carborundum”. It is a very good abrasive. So moissanite is the transparent carborundum.
Named after Dr. Moissan
The famous scientist, Dr.Henri Moissan who was analyzing a meteorite, found natural silicon carbide in it, therefore in his honor the name “Moissanite” was given to it. And in 1986 Dr. Moore found that Natural Moissanite crystals occur as inclusions in diamond crystals.
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Platinum Forecast to Remain in Surplus in 2009 despite Jewellery Easing Autocatalyst Gloom, but Palladium to Struggle in the Absence of Price Responsive Cushioning factors.
At briefings in London and Johannesburg, GFMS launched its Platinum & Palladium Survey 2009. This is the sixth major report on these markets by GFMS, the independent precious metals consultancy. The following sets out some of the highlights of the survey from the briefing given at the London launch by Peter Ryan, senior consultant of GFMS.
The main finding of this year’s survey as regards platinum is that its gross surplus more than tripled to over 260,000 ounces in 2008. Much of this the consultancy ascribe to autocatalyst fabrication (around half of all demand) being hit by weaker vehicle production, which has since fallen severely in the early months of 2009. Last year’s decline in platinum demand for autocatalyst applications was its first this decade. A second key factor was the slump of over 10% in platinum jewellery fabrication, primarily due to exceptionally high prices in the first half of the year. However, the report also highlights a brighter note for jewellery - a marked recovery in the second half of 2008 (and continuing into 2009) after the price collapsed from July of last year.
Last year, global mine production of platinum suffered a hefty decline for the second year in succession. Global mine production more...
The New Jeweller, India’s leading Jewellery trade magazine has been disseminating unbiased information to more than 45,000 readers worldwide regularly.
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very closely in the industry, The New Jeweller understood the finer aspects of
the closely knit segment in India - The Gem and Jewellery Industry.
In its endeavor to increase exposure and reduce the communication gap existent in the industry, The New Jeweller felt a strong need of a forum to address the innumerable issues prevalent in the industry so that unbiased and accurate information flows down to the last member.Thus was born, “INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERS CONGRESS”, more...
Using this technique, the percentage by weight (of karat) in a solid piece of jewellery can be determined in just a few minutes. It also determines the element composition of all types of gold, white gold, platinum, silver, palladium, rhodium and related alloys.
The Karatmeter has been getting critical reviews from the trade on its utility as well as authenticity. Leading jeweller’s in India such as Tanishq, Chemanoor etc have been using the Karatmeter to gauge the authenticity of the jewellery that a person owns and to determine whether the buyer has really got his worth. There have also been some “determination programs” launched by jewellers asking customers to test their old jewellery and more..
Post-liberalization China has been servicing every sphere of trade and industry across the globe with astonishing success rate. Name the industry and China is there to offer world class products and services. China has been hugely successful in striking the right balance of being the world’s largest consumer as well as the biggest manufacturing factory for the world. After conquering numerous segments in trade, China’s recent endeavor is to acquire majority business stake in the Diamond trade and is gearing up to become not only world’s largest consumer for Diamond jewellery, but also the envious number one position of Diamond cutting and polishing.
The New Jeweller Bureau spoke to key Indian industry members to know
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