CIBJO releases Marketing & Education Special Report, focuses on recruiting and supporting winning employees
With fewer than nine weeks to go to the opening of the 2017 CIBJO Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 5, 2017, the first of the CIBJO commissions' Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Marketing & Education Commission, headed by Jonathan Kendall, the report focuses on human resource management in the jewellery business,
For the fourth consecutive year, CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has been certified as carbon neutral, after offsetting its greenhouse gas emissions for 2016. It did so as part of its own Greenhouse Gas Measurement Initiative, which it launched in 2014 to promote environmental consciousness and responsibility in the greater jewellery industry. 
The sixth annual JNA Awards, one of the most prestigious international awards in the jewellery industry, successfully held its gala event at the InterContinental Hong Kong on 14 September.
Thirty-five Honourees or shortlisted candidates that serve as shining examples of the best that the gemstone and jewellery sector has to offer were proudly recognised while Award Recipients across10 categories were revealedin an exclusive ceremony attended by key industry decision-makers and influencers. 
Organizers of the World Ruby Forum announced the lineup of speakers for the November 4th event in Bangkok in association with the CIBJO Congress. Speakers include Richard W. Hughes of Lotus Gemology, who will address ‘Seeing Red: A Passionate Guide to Ruby;’ Vincent Pardieu of VP Consulting 
Fascinating one-offs, beautiful jewels, million-year-old fossils – at the 40th Mineralien Hamburg some 400 exhibitors with unique objects and exhibits from the most diverse nations are expected. The fourth largest minerals fair in the world and the largest jewellery fair in northern Europe attracts numerous visitors and collectors from the Hamburg region to admire, 
Greeting from the Association of women in Energy and Extractives in Kenye(AWEIK).
AWEIK in conjunction with the Ministry of Minig is pleased to invite you to the first ever Kenya Gem and Jewellery Trade Fair scheduled to take place at the Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi on the 6th-8th July, 2017. The Fair will include a mine tour to Taita Taveta County, the heart of Gemstone Production in Kenya 
Gaetano Cavalieri, the President of CIBJO, has joined a high-level delegation from the Republic of Fiji, led by the country's Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, at the Oceans Conference at the United Nations in New York, to outline and promote the development of a sustainable pearl farming sector in Fiji. 
With support growing for an international system that will monitor the responsible sourcing of coloured gemstones, CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has discussed possible alternatives that also will meet the requirements of smaller-scale miners. He did so during a visit to Colombia, in talks with representatives of the country's 
Analysis of pricing data by the Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) for the second quarter of 2017 indicates overall pricing stability across all categories over the same quarter in the previous year. A deeper look at the data reveals that blue fancy color diamond prices continued to appreciate, climbing 5.5% over last year, 
The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, guarantees the quality and craftsmanship of Thai jewelry brands with the Thailand Trust Mark or T Mark, a symbol of trusted quality and excellence, while preparing to host the 60th edition of the Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair which will take place from September 6 to 10 at Challenger Hall 1-3, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok. 
Oman International Exhibition Centre is proud to announce the 8th Muscat International Jewellery Exhibition 2017 to take place on October 24-28, 2017 at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Oman. Muscat International Jewellery Exhibition (MIJEX) has been organized and well received among traders 
“Here in the US, if it’s pretty, it sells,” says Gary Roskin, executive director of the International Colored Gemstone Association. Processes like heating gemstones to enhance their colour are so common that “no-one is really concerned,” he adds, but other treatments like filling fractures with lead glass to hide the poor quality of stones are also commonplace 
The New Jeweller Bureau in an exclusive with Rita Maltez, Director Greater China Representative Office Diamonds Sales and Marketing of Rio Tinto Diamonds got to know the importance of "Education" in the present ecosystem and the future. 
Katrien De Corte, Chief Officer Education & Industry - HRD Antwerp NV opines on the importance of "Education" in the gems and Jewellery segment and underlines the fact that it is but important for the Next generation to specialize and educate themselves in the sector 
