“Recycled Gold” Is Not Really Sustainable, Panel Agrees A lot of companies use the term recycled gold in ways that oversell the product's true environmental impact, panelists agreed during a session on...
How—and Why—You Should Trace the Origin of Your Jewelry Materials Jewelers should take advantage of the available tools—from due diligence to advanced technology—to garner more information about the origin of...
The Golden Opportunity Our fascination with gold is about as old as the history of mankind. We are inherently captivated by the metal; just ask any infant who...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Precious Metals Companies The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has placed three Russian metal producers on its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN)...
Quality Gold Cancels Planned Public Offering Quality Gold, which announced plans to go public last year, withdrew its registration statement in June. (more…)
Conference to Honor Pippa Small, Satta Matturi Jewelry designers Pippa Small and Satta Matturi will be honored at Initiatives in Art and Culture’s (IAC) 13th annual Gold & Diamond...
JCK Asks… Jewelry Designer Alp Sagnak Alp Sagnak's rose gold and diamond necklace with Artificial Intelligence nucleus locket Skulls and roses, royal shields, chunky blackened silver...
Whimsy Meets Family Legacy in Thistle & Bess Crest Collection Family crests typically are symbols of status or nobility, but Thistle & Bess’ Diana Marsh wanted to adapt that symbolism to give her customers...
Wagner Group Benefits From Gold Trade, U.S. Says The U.S. government issued a 29-page advisory on June 27 warning that Russian paramilitary organization the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny...
6 Jewels That Exemplify the Gold Artistry of Ukraine Despite the war in Ukraine, or perhaps because of it, the Ukrainian jewelry industry is thriving. The country’s jewelers—those who remain in...
Of Gold and Goddesses Anyone who’s read Edith Hamilton’s classic Mythology is probably familiar with Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft,...