Mmetla Masire: Okavango to resume diamond sales in January

Botswana’s state-owned Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) is set to resume diamond sales in January 2025, whether the market remains depressed or not. ODC managing director Mmetla Masire told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa on the side-lines of...

18 november 2024

Helga Pombal: Angola's Stardiam finds solution to the threat posed by lab-grown diamonds

Stardiam manager of production Helga Pombal told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa on the sidelines of the Angola International Diamond Conference that lab-grown diamonds are creating a parallel market for more accessible stones, combined with lower...

11 november 2024

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

Bharat Diamond Week to be held as a virtual digital Show in August

29 april 2020

The organizing committee of Bharat Diamond Week (BDW) has announced that the Show will go digital, taking into consideration the risk of buyers’ health and the possibility that travel may still not be advisable in August. The 4th Edition of BDW was slated to be organized during the first week of August 2020, says a press release.
Bharat Diamond Week – Digital will be built on a secured platform with critical and important features that have never been seen before. This digital platform will enable buyers and sellers to have a ‘close to realistic’ feel regarding all the products showcased. Buyers and sellers will have an unmatched meeting environment, discussion board and many other features including logistic recommendations. 
The final dates of the transformed show into a digital platform will be announced soon.

Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough & Polished