< DECEMBER 24TH, 2010 > Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year from IDEX Online Diamond_Index_Drivers.asp">The Polished Diamond Index   Diamond_Index_Drivers.asp">118.97 Diamond_Index_Drivers.asp"> Diamond_Index_Drivers.asp">(0.01)     Diamond_Index_Drivers.asp">   Edahn Golan The End of an Era De Beers' decision to close its generic marketing offices in the U.S. came as no surprise. Before the 2008 meltdown, De Beers ... Go to full memo Natalie J. Raps and Edahn Golan Trading levels fell dramatically as wholesalers closed their offices and left for the holiday vacations. In India, and to a lesser extent in Israel, trading .... Go to full report IDEX Online Research: Third Quarter U.S. Jewelry Sales Trends Positive U.S. jewelry sales trends for the third quarter of 2010 were encouraging. Total jewelry sales rose, and specialty jewelers, whose sales represent just under half of all U.S. jewelry sales, ... (December 19, '10, KEN GASSMAN) Go to Full Article Online Holiday Spend $29.1 Billion at U.S. Sites Holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 49 days of the November -- December 2010 holiday season reached $28.36 billion, a 12 percent increase, according to measurement .... (December 23, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article IDEX Online Rough Diamond Market Report: Price Comes Full Circle DTC's Sight 10 was somewhat of an extreme. The ITO was small but ex-plan huge, premiums on many goods were very high while on others lower than usual, and as the margin crunch reaches a ... (December 23, '10, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article IDEX Online Research: Harry Winston Revenues & Profits Soar in Third Quarter High-income consumers are reverting to their pre-recession jewelry spending habits. If you don't believe it, look at Harry Winston's third quarter ... (December 23, '10, KEN GASSMAN) Go to Full Article NJN Exclusive Sales Report: Almost There The homestretch leading up to Christmas has brought a good amount of cheer to a number of the retailers interviewed this week by National Jeweler. ... (December 21, '10, CATHERINE DAYRIT AND MICHELLE GRAFF COURTESY NATIONAL JEWELER NETWORK) Go to Full Article Watch Sales in 2010 Break Records at Christie's Christie's International ended a record-breaking year for fine and rare watches that realized $91.2 million in total sales, the highest annual total ever achieved for watches at the auction ... (December 21, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article IDEX Online Research: Sterling Jewelers' & Its Parent Post Strong Financials in Q3 While many of its competitors are wallowing in a financial morass, Signet Group has once again proven that it is possible to post solid financial results in a challenging environment. With ... (December 20, '10, KEN GASSMAN) Go to Full Article Anglo American in De Beers Takeover Bid? 'Baloney' Anglo American, which holds a 45 percent stake in De Beers, may buy the Oppenheimers 40 percent stake in the Diamond mining company, according to a Sunday Times report citing unidentified ... (December 20, '10, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article 2011 CIBJO Congress in Portugal The World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO will hold its 2011 congress on March 14-16 in Porto, Portugal. .... (December 23, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article HRD Antwerp Offers Sorting Services HRD Antwerp now sorts polished diamonds below 1.00 by color and clarity, the grading and certification services lab announced. Batches that comply with the client's color and clarity .... (December 21, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article Belgium's Polished Diamond Exports $949.5M The value of Belgium's net polished Diamond exports increased 12.8 percent in November, totaling $43.7 million, based on figures released by the AWDC. The volume of net exports was 24,406 ... (December 21, '10, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article India's Net Polished Exports +148% to $989M in November India's gross polished Diamond exports totaled $1.59 billion in November, an 18.5 percent increase from last year, according to provisional figures released by the Gem & Jewellery ... (December 20, '10, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article Antwerp's Rough Diamond Exports Hurt Belgium's rough Diamond exports registered a surprising decline in November. Gross imports of $833.2 million are a 0.6 percent decline from last year and the volume of exports, 9.4 million ... (December 22, '10, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article A Drop in India's Rough Diamond Imports India imported 10.96 million carats of rough diamonds worth $772.5 million in November, a 28.3 percent decline in volume and 14.2 percent decline from November 2009. The just released .... (December 21, '10, EDAHN GOLAN) Go to Full Article Alrosa Price Hikes, Better Polished Prices, Drive Higher DTC Premiums A sharp increase in Alrosa's rough Diamond prices, coupled with stronger polished prices, is what is driving the higher premiums on De Beers Sight boxes, industry sources in Mumbai ... (December 19, '10, VINOD KURIYAN) Go to Full Article Dubai Confirms: No Marange Diamonds Allowed Into UAE The UAE's Kimberley Process Office stated today (Sunday) that rough Diamond shipments from Zimbabwe's Marange region will not be allowed into the UAE "until full consensus amongst KP ... (December 19, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article Sahar-Atid Receives Outstanding Exporter Award Diamond Trading Company (DTC) Sightholder Sahar-Atid received the Outstanding Exporter Award for 2009 from Israel's President, Shimon Peres. The company exported $63.7 million worth of ... (December 20, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article AWDC CEO Freddy J. Hanard Retiring Freddy J. Hanard, CEO of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), will retire on December 31, after four years in the position. He will be succeeded by Deputy CEO Ari ... (December 23, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article Jim Gowans Appointed Debswana Managing Director Debswana's board of directors announced the appointment of Jim Gowans as the company's new Managing Director. The former President and CEO of De Beers Canada will take the new post in .... (December 19, '10, IDEX ONLINE STAFF REPORTER) Go to Full Article December 25, Christmas 8 Av. Pictet de Rochemont 1207 Geneva, Switzerland

Rockwell Diamonds Inc. makes no representation or offers no warranty with respect to the adequacy of the information for any particular purpose. In no event shall Rockwell Diamonds Inc., its employees, officers and directors, or the authors of information provided herein, be liable for any damages relating to or resulting from the information set out herein, including for special, direct, indirect or consequential damages, losses, costs, charges, demands, or claims for lost profits or expenses of any nature or kind. In particular this newsletter is not presented as a solicitation or recommendation to buy or purchase securities. Investors are advised to discuss all of their stock purchases and sales with a registered securities broker or personal finance professional prior to investing.