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  • IGI launches accessible and science-based Light Performance Grading Report and empowers diamond producers

    08/05/2024 14:13

    The International Gemological Institute (IGI), introduces Light Performance Grading Reports showcasing round brilliant cut diamonds with exceptional optical qualities. Whit this easy accessible and science based report along with cutting guidelines, the company wants to empower diamond producers to get the best possible cutting results. This tool, developed by IGI researchers and based on ray-tracing software and slope proportions logic, is a response to an increasing interest in expanded performance analysis.

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  • The World Bids Farewell to Sir Gabi Tolkowsky - A Legend and Gentle Giant

    31/05/2023 15:01

    The world bids farewell to yet another giant in the diamond industry.

    At 84 years of age, Sir Gabriel ‘Gabi’ Tolkowsky ends a 6-decade long career and leaves behind him a legacy that has forever reshaped the art of diamond cutting and polishing.

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  • Angola Plans to Offer Tax Incentives to Attract Investment in Diamond Cutting

    28/02/2023 11:13

    Angolan Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Diamantino Azevedo has announced that the country intends to create tax incentives to attract more investors to the diamond-cutting sector.
    The announcement was made over the weekend by the minister at the inauguration of the fifth diamond-cutting factory at Saurimo Diamond Development Park in the Lunda Sul province.

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