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Ellah Muchemwa: ADPA to launch Africa's first diamond mining standard next year
The African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), which is based in Luanda, Angola, and represents the interests of mainly African diamond producers and those with the potential to produce diamonds, will next year launch the Sustainable Development...
04 november 2024
Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future
Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...
28 october 2024
Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki
The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...
14 october 2024
James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration
London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...
07 october 2024
Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products
Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...
30 september 2024
Institutional Investor ranks Sergey Ivanov among the best CEOs in the mining sector
Sergey Ivanov was ranked 2nd out of 34 mining companies’ CEOs according to Institutional Investor ranking Emerging EMEA Executive Team 2018. According to the ranking based on the buy-side analysts votes Sergey Ivanov topped the 2018 ranking list.
Sergey Takhiev, ALROSA’s Head of Corporate Finance, topped the list of the Best IR Professionals based on all votes while at his previous position with NLMK, Russia’s largest steelmaker.
The Institutional Investor’s ranking is based on the survey of 189 sell-side analysts, 328 portfolio managers and buy-side analysts conducted in February and March 2018. The ranking evaluated the following criteria: senior executives accessibility, timely and appropriate level of financial disclosure, quick and thorough response to requests, well informed IR team empowered to speak authoritatively on the company’s behalf, quality of conference calls, the quality of meetings through road shows, the quality of corporate documents and investor kit materials, delivery of insight and useful reports on ESG/SRI metrics, the quality of website, as well as commitment to corporate governance standards.