Thursday, November 25, 2021

Watch website secures $US165 funding; plans new stores

WatchBox, an online trading platform dealing in luxury second-hand watches has successfully completed a funding round, raising $US165 million ($AU229 million) in equity capital, which will be put towards plans for global expansion.
http://dlvr.it/SDCb7P

Watch website secures $US165 funding; plans new stores

WatchBox, an online trading platform dealing in luxury second-hand watches has successfully completed a funding round, raising $US165 million ($AU229 million) in equity capital, which will be put towards plans for global expansion.
http://dlvr.it/SDCb63

De Beers Group rough diamond sales declines

De Beers Group, the world’s largest diamond producer, announced that the value of its rough diamond sales for its 2021 ninth sales cycle was $US430 million ($AU597 million), a slight decrease from the previous period.
http://dlvr.it/SDCJ15

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Discovery of ancient jewellery traces history of human social traits

What archeologists believed to be the oldest jewellery discovered in southwest Morocco between 2014 and 2018 could be evidence that social profiling was practised during ancient times.
http://dlvr.it/SD5K8G

ABC Refinery receives international silver accreditation

ABC Refinery Australia has received CME Group Accreditation for its silver bars. The CME Group is a US-based company that provides international electronic trading, and from 10 November the bars were accepted for settlement of COMEX ‘SI’ silver futures contract.
http://dlvr.it/SD5K89

Coloured jewellery bead discovered; 23,000 years old

An artificially coloured bead believed to be 23,000 years old has been unearthed in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, and it has been confirmed as Japan’s oldest known colour accessory.
http://dlvr.it/SD5K7x

Zimbabwe to chair the Kimberley Process in 2023

Representatives from Zimbabwe will chair the Kimberley Process in 2023, after being elected at its annual plenary meeting in November.
http://dlvr.it/SD3tBq