lab-grown diamonds

Lab-grown diamonds are synthetic diamonds produced in a laboratory that possess the same physical properties as natural diamonds and are increasingly used in industrial applications like semiconductor manufacturing and thermal management.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to China's dominant production and export growth, a significant global price crash, and a major shift in consumer preference in China away from traditional jewelers towards these synthetic alternatives.

Latest on lab-grown diamonds

• China’s lab-grown diamonds get an AI boost as industry rides demand for chip cooling
• Pandora, Swarovski lose traction in China as shoppers shift to gold and lab-grown diamonds
• De Beers weaponises blockchain to fight lab-grown diamonds, but a 45% price crash looms large
• As the world's largest producer of synthetic diamonds, China has posted strong export growth in recent years
• Lab-grown diamonds, which possess the same hardness as natural diamonds, are increasingly used in semiconductor manufacturing and thermal management
• China county makes diamonds 'as cheap as cabbage' through industrial-scale production

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