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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...
12 october 2026
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
ALROSA: The results of privatization and IPO
18 november 2013
The privatization and IPO of ALROSA have become a fait accompli. The sale of shares on the MICEX started with collecting bids from those who wanted to buy shares on October 14, 2013 and ended late in the evening on October 25, 2013. The so-called bid book registered bids from 71 companies. Taking into account the incipient recession in the Russian economy by the end of the year, it is safe to say that the IPO was carried out by ALROSA in a timely manner and at a high enough price.
Diamonds as an investment option
11 november 2013
Blame it on the size, but Indians are now looking at high-end bigger diamonds as a good investment. The trend is definitely picking up and focus on the stone seems to be at an all time high. But, the final decision to put their monies in investment, depends on the size.
Are pawnshops threatening the Industry?
05 november 2013
The phenomenon of pawnshops is going out of control in many crisis-struck countries in Europe and could threaten the stability of the jewellery industry.
Why do jewelers need to examine and certify gold supply chains?
28 october 2013
What is the best way for a jewelry company to confirm that gold or gold jewelry, which it buys for manufacturing, retail or wholesale, is not coming from some problem-ridden riot areas, where they serve as a conflict tool and where underage workers die of hard toil in the mines? With all the abundance of regulations, standards and guidelines on how to separate "good" gold from "bad", even I, a journalist who covers the industry, have no clear vision how it can be done. So I decided to look more closely into the matter and find out what is happening to the standards for socially responsible gold.
Pure diamond injection
21 october 2013
While discussing prospects for the upcoming IPO of ALROSA, industry and market experts largely overlook one aspect of no little importance. Just as large-scale injection of high quality diamonds to the market may devalue the already available stones, the emergence of a stake of shares in ALROSA to be traded in the public field may damage the investment attractiveness of listed miners, the major of which are Dominion, Petra and Gem.
OAO Sakha Diamond
14 october 2013
OAO Sakha Diamond is the oldest Yakut diamond processing business. It was established on June 17, 1992 by Decree No. 272 of the President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) "On Establishing Sakha Diamond Joint Stock Company" and was to specialize in the production of diamond tools and grinding powders made of industrial rough diamonds. On July 18, 2003 the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and Japan Auction Systems signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement. As part of this agreement, OAO Sakha Diamond started mass production of round ideal cut diamonds graded Excellent (Hearts and Arrows) from 0.18 carats to 5 carats in size in a new specially designed building of the local diamond cutting factory.
Diamond Prices in India: An analysis
07 october 2013
High rough prices and flat polished prices has been the bane of the Indian diamond industry of late, eating into the already wafer-thin profit margins. Needless to say, if the current trend continues, a shake-up in the Indian cutting and polishing sector is imminent and some small and medium sized units in the Indian cutting centres may have to close shop. In the event of such a thing happening, will the sector become stronger and more efficient?
U.S. Jewelry Summer 2013 - Sleeping Beauty Waiting for Awakening
30 september 2013
Summer time for the jewelry industry is like a sleeping beauty that awaits the kiss of autumn jewelry shows in Hong Kong, Bangkok and London to wake up to the selling season. On July 31, there came performance reports from several major companies operating in the U.S. jewelry market, including Zale Corporation, Signet Jewelers, Tiffany, Movado, etc. These data provide a profile of the market and reflect the mood prevailing among consumers.
ALROSA remains the world leader by diamond reserves. And, apparently, it will remain to be.
19 september 2013
ALROSA has published an update of its reserves and resources estimated under the JORC Code. These figures once again confirmed the company's claim for leadership in the global diamond market.
European Union: Finally an End to the Diamond Judicial Saga?
16 september 2013
With the recent decision by the European General Court on the dispute between the European Commission and Spira Diamonds it seems that the European Union might have finally closed a 10-year long transition towards stable rules in the diamond market.
