(IDEX Online) - Botswana's credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in at least five years by S&P (Standard & Poor). The US-based credit rating agency cited collapsing diamond revenues, ...

(IDEX Online) - Antwerp's diamond dealers are being offered free access to a new compliance tool that will help them, meet meet their legal Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) ...

(IDEX Online) - A set of four Patek Philippe pocket watches - one each in yellow gold, white gold, rose gold, and platinum - could sell for $20m at a landmark auction by Sotheby's in Abu Dhabi. It's ...

(IDEX Online) - India's cut and polished exports fell sharply in October to $1.026bn, down 27 per cent year-on-year and down 25 per cent on the previous month, according to new figures from GJEPC ...

(IDEX Online) - China has ended concessions on diamond imports and is now charging 13 per cent VAT. The move applies specifically to diamonds - both natural and lab grown - traded through the Shanghai ...