Alrosa’s diamond mining production reached over 38 million carats in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from the previous year, the Russian mining giant announced recently. Alrosa President Andrey Zharkov attributed the results to the opening of the Botuobinskaya pipe in Yakutia, rising production at Severalmaz in the Arkhangelsk region, and improved diamond mining at … Read More →
Arun Jaitley’s budget speech with its `9 pillars’ of growth may have soared the hopes of many, but his one sentence, announcing 1% excise duty on all gold jewellery as well as studded jewellery ornaments, floored the entire gems & jewellery trade. For, a trade that pinned its hopes of a reduced import duty on … Read More →
As jewellers strike continues against excise duty imposition, a lot of work in the city has been shifted underground to meet the lucrative wedding season demand. According to a jeweller, who requested anonymity, there is no dearth of work for workers and designers, who are busy making ornaments as demand peaks ahead of the wedding … Read More →
Blanket, a longhaired Persian the color of steel wool, gave up his spot on the dining room table when a reporter came knocking, and made himself scarce. His owner, Grace Coddington, the longtime creative director of Vogue, shrugged and settled down in a chair to discuss her new project: her first perfume, which sat on … Read More →
Jewellers, bullion traders and artisans are showing no signs of backing down in their protest against imposition of 1% excise duty on non-silver jewellery as their strike entered 39th day on Saturday with many keeping their shops closed. Many jewellery showrooms in cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are closed since March 2 after … Read More →
KOTA: As jewellers strike continues against excise duty imposition, a lot of work in the city has been shifted underground to meet the lucrative wedding season demand. According to a jeweller, who requested anonymity, there is no dearth of work for workers and designers, who are busy making ornaments as demand peaks ahead of the … Read More →
NAOMI CAMPBELL has spoken out in support of Ashley Graham, followingCheryl Teigs’s comments last month criticising Graham’s appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated due to her size. “I would never make a comment like that. I think it’s way too personal,” Campbell told Sway Calloway’s radio show, Sway in the Morning, yesterday, reports E!. … Read More →