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Tharisa meets FY2026 guidance, Karo Platinum fully funded as net debt swings to $51m
Tharisa has reported full-year production in line with guidance for both platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome concentrates, while confirming its Karo Platinum project in Zimbabwe is now fully funded following a $300 million bond issue.
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Israel’s diamond sector poised for revival following tax reforms and De Beers comeback
De Beers, one of the world's major diamond market players, has announced the resumption of its operations in Israel after a nine-year absence, which became the latest sign of revival of the diamond industry in the country.
Yesterday
Kefi Gold and Copper restarts Tulu Kapi development after safety review
Kefi Gold and Copper has resumed development at its Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia following a suspension that began on September 7 after a serious safety incident three days earlier.
Yesterday
Nornickel implements smart melt monitoring system
Norilsk Nickel has installed a smart melt monitoring system at its metallurgical plant in Norilsk in collaboration with Reksoft. The system uses computer vision to assist the converter operator in identifying phases during the tapping process.
Yesterday
ALROSA to help amplify Arctic agenda at UN
In preparation for the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), ALROSA experts and other stakeholders from Russia discussed a unified approach to strengthening the country’s position and the Arctic agenda at UN climate conferences.
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New WFDB President: Trust – This is Beautiful!
26 may 2008
Avi Paz, President of the Israel Diamond Exchange, was born in 1946 into a family of Belgian diamantaires. In 1971, he started trading in diamonds and became a member of the Israel Diamond Exchange. He is also the owner and general manager of Paz Avi Fancy Ltd, a diamond processing enterprise established in 1977, which was the first company in Israel to produce fancy cut diamonds. Avi Paz turned to be President of the Exchange in 2005. Recently he was elected for the second term. During the recent World Diamond Congress in Shanghai, Avi Paz was elected new President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses.
Local beneficiation is the most important thing
13 may 2008
The creation of the Namibian Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) is based on a 50x50 partnership between the Government of the Republic of Namibia and De Beers. The agreement, which resulted in the creation of the company, was signed in January 2007 and holds immense possibilities for the country in terms of the economic activity such a venture, is expected to generate. The purpose of the NDTC is to make diamonds available for sale in Namibia for local manufacturing. Shihaleni Ellis Ndjaba is the CEO of Namibian Diamond Trading Company (NDTC). Until January 2008 he was the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication.
Russian Brands will not be Able to Break Through to the Markets in Europe and America under any Circumstances
21 april 2008
This is the opinion expressed by Dmitri Zverev, a Canadian jeweler, owning Euro Custom Design Jewellery Ltd. Currently, his occupation includes: jewelry design, sophisticated jewelry made to order, developing CNC machine-tools and methods of their application in jewelry modelling.
The Image of Russia Could Gain from Our Jewelry Industry
14 april 2008
The Almaz-Holding Company is part of the leading trio in the Russian jewelry market. The holding’s mainstream business covers manufacturing of gold, platinum and silver jewelry with precious and semi-precious gems; wholesale and retail trade through the network of corporate stores. Flun Gumerov, President of Almaz-Holding and Member of the Supreme Council of the Jewellers’ Guild of Russia, answers the questions asked by the Rough&Polished correspondent.
Anastasia Volochkova: “The larger the diamonds, the more interest they excite.”
08 april 2008
Honored Artist of Russia, People’s Artist of the Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic. Soloist of the Mariinsky And Bolshoi Theaters. Her soloist programs bring sell-outs not only in Russia but also all over the world. The gifted ballerina, loving wife and mother and finally just the beautiful woman is speaking about jewelry, jewelry fashion and love for diamonds in her interview to Rough&Polished.
Control over Resources Means Control over the Market
01 april 2008
On March 29 in Mirny, the ALROSA Group held the 12th Meeting of its Managers and Employee Activists. This was a traditional session between the Company management and the representatives of labor teams to sum up the results of the year passed and to discuss the future development, as well as the problems related to social welfare. Sergey Vybornov, President of AK ALROSA, made a report to this meeting.
De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited Earnings Conference Call. Feb. 08. 2008
17 march 2008
Welcome to this results meeting. It's always a pleasure to have [those] and have the opportunity to interact with all of you. I can assure you that it wasn't a deliberate plot to have it on the same day as President Mbeki is opening parliament.
From Tanzania to the world
11 march 2008
TanzaniteOne is the largest and most scientifically advanced miner and supplier of rough tanzanite, a unique position that affords it the opportunity to support and influence the entire tanzanite channel, from mine to market. This magnificent blue-violet gem is only found in one place on earth, in an area stretching only 6km in length in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It is not found in any other place around the world; geologists say that the chance of another discovery is less than a million to one.
Ljubov Kazarnovskaya: Diamond Requires an Occasion!
03 march 2008
Ljubov Kazarnovskaya is a singer called a “Russian wonder”. Ljubov is a general’s daughter born in Moscow. She graduated from the Russian Academy of Music named after Gnessins (Musical Comedy Faculty) and the Moscow Conservatory in 1982. At the age of 21, Kazarnovskaya made her debut on the stage of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater in Moscow in the part of Tatyana of Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin”. From 1989, the singer began to make tours abroad starting from her triumphant performance at the Salzburg Festival in 1989 in Verdi’s “Requiem”. She played leading roles on the stage of Metropolitan Opera in New York, at La Scala in Milan and London Covent Garden.
LLD: The diamonds are there, let the factories get them
26 february 2008
The Government of Namibia could not be making itself any clearer. They want Namibian diamonds to be cut and polished here in Namibia so that jobs and incomes are created locally.
