Israeli bank financing of the diamond industry reached a 30-year low due to banks’ balking at the complications of dealing with diamond firms.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
The G7 Russian diamond sanction bombshell includes new regulations, some unimplementable, many unclear. A Russian diamonds sanction primer.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
Diamond statistics of rough and polished diamond trade by leading trading countries, and rough diamond sales by main diamond mining companies.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
A jewelry sales explosion is taking place, and American consumers are buying jewelry like never before. These are the November figures.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
Surprisingly, not only is the natural diamond industry seeing its fears materialize. So also is the lab-grown industry.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
How much Americans spend on their engagement rings? Here is the definitive, big data backed answer. And no, it is not a 3 month’s salary.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
Twelve reasons why diamond traceability is not a waste of time or money, but an important evolution. Diamond analyst Edahn Golan breaks it down.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
After two very buoyant years, the decline everyone knew would hit has finally arrived. It’s not just in China. The US is feeling it as well.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
The LGD wholesale price list fell in Q1 2025. Our Q1 price list shows an 8.9% drop in the average wholesale price of 1-3 carat rounds from Q4 2024.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
The annual forecast with the monthly analysis: Most jewelry retail sales figures were in the red in October on a year-over-year basis. However, US jewelry demand is still relatively high, reflecting ongoing elevated consumer interest in the category.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
How much jewelry sold in the US is a crucial question. It impacts planning and financing. Revised US government estimates just shaved off $11.5 billion worth of sales. No small matter. Here are the figures, plus a forecast for 2022.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
The outgoing year was clearly a particularly challenging one. It required diamond industry companies to reconsider their future and created an opportunity to pivot towards reinventing diamonds as a true luxury item. The coming year should be the year of realignment.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
The lab-grown diamond contradiction. Demand is rising, but prices are falling. They are hot in the US, but not sweeping the rest of the world. It’s a technologically-driven product catering to a young crowd and striving to follow in the footsteps of a centuries-old product, while enthusiastically adopting many of its ills.These are the issues, with figures and findings that support this view.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research, Analysis & Data
Diamond industry financing and the trade shows are this months focus. President Masisi, the jewelry index decline, LGD gross profit forecast.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
Lab-grown diamond sales will eventually outpace naturals. The question is not if but when this will happen. A diamond analytics forecast.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data
What will a De Beers sale look like, G7 sanctions are incomplete and chaotic, and a new jewelry index. A broad market update.| Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data