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Diamond market crash is Africa’s opportunity, not its crisis – M'zée Fula Ngenge
Global natural diamond supply is forecast to fall below 95 million carats this year, the lowest since 1987. For Dr. M'zée Fula Ngenge, chairperson of the African Diamond Council (ADC), this is not a death knell but a clarion call. In an exclusive...
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Tracr passes 5 million rough diamonds milestone as De Beers expands provenance push
De Beers Group's blockchain-enabled traceability platform Tracr reached a significant milestone in 2025, with more than 5 million rough diamonds individually scanned and registered, up from 2.8 million cumulative registrations reported in 2024. The...
28 september 2026
South African diamonds head to Hong Kong: SDT partners with BRINKS for JGW 2026
South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) has confirmed the country's participation in Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong (JGW) 2026 through a partnership with BRINKS. SDT marketing and communication manager Tsholofelo Gopolang Tselapedi...
14 september 2026
David Benderly: PermaScribe seeks to put trust mark on diamond table, not just girdle
In this interview with Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa, PhotoScribe Technologies president and chief executive David Benderly explains how PermaScribe differs technically from conventional laser inscription, its potential to strengthen security, and...
31 august 2026
The great reset: Paul Zimnisky on supply catharsis, De Beers' bargain and the case for natural diamonds
The natural diamond industry is in the throes of its most profound reset in a generation. Supply is plunging to its lowest level since 1987 and De Beers—once valued at over $9 billion—is reportedly being sold for as little as $1 billion.
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10 august 2026
Is AI Set to Change the Way The Diamond Industry Operates?
30 october 2023
Some diamond industry organizations admit it while others deny it, but there can be little doubt that AI has already started to create waves throughout the diamond industry. AI is already being used in several areas of diamond grading, and that trend is clearly going to continue growing.
The diamond market and the concept of a controlled adversary
23 october 2023
Throughout the existence of the diamond market - from the end of the 19th century to the present day, political processes have constantly been part of the market mechanism and largely determined the vectors of its development. Attempts to analyze this market, excluding the political component, were obviously not fruitful as they could not explain many of the most important documented events.
Angola is again turning into an El Dorado for diamond miners
16 october 2023
According to the Kimberley Process statistics for 2022, Angola ranks sixth in the world in terms of diamond production by volume (8.763 mn carats) and third by value ($1,965 mn). Until 1975, the country was a Portuguese colony, and after gaining its independence, a long civil war broke out in Angola. The end of the war in 2002 set the stage for the beginning of an active development of the diamond mining industry in the country with the involvement of foreign mining and exploration companies.
Branded Collections to drive the future growth of the platinum jewellery industry
09 october 2023
Over the years, while gold has held its primary place for centuries, platinum alloys have made their presence felt and held their own as the costliest precious metal for decades.
GIA Firings Confirm Rocky State of Polished Diamond Demand
02 october 2023
It is hardly a secret that demand for natural polished diamonds has been declining for many months, but perhaps the most startling confirmation of this was the recent announcement by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) that it is firing 20% of the workforce at its headquarters in Carlsbad, California.
Weaker macroeconomic environment hits global demand for natural diamond jewellery - De Beers
25 september 2023
The weaker macroeconomic environment, especially in some of the main diamond-consuming countries, impacted global demand for natural diamond jewellery in the first half of 2023, according to De Beers' tenth annual diamond insight report.
Is ALROSA too big to be excluded from the diamond market?
18 september 2023
In mid-August, ALROSA published its first financial statement in a year and a half. It did not contain many details but gave an affirmative answer to the question whether the sales of the company that has been under the US sanctions since last spring continue or not.
The mystery of the ‘Somalia Gold Elephant’
11 september 2023
Gold investment coins (gold bullion coins) are among the most common conservative physical gold investment tools for individuals and businesses. This investment tool is convenient, a huge infrastructure has been created for it because in all developed countries, there are dealer networks selling and buying investment coins made of precious metals. In most countries whose population has an investment potential, ownership of investment coins is not subject to taxes and declaration or state registration.
How to debate Rapaport
04 september 2023
RAPAPORT, one of the most significant research and publication companies in the natural rough and polished diamond industry, published a detailed instruction on “How to debate lab-grown vs. natural diamonds”. It is quite obvious that this instruction is focused on the promotion of natural diamonds and bringing the LGDs down to the fashion jewelry.
Will the coming copper shortage awaken the “sleeping giants”?
28 august 2023
There are a number of explored copper deposits in the world that have not been developed for a long time for various reasons. These include several deposits - unofficially called the “sleeping giants” - that have unique reserves and resources of the metal.
