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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Dharmanand Diamonds organizes first-ever Virtual Trade Show

10 june 2020

Announcing its first-ever Virtual Trade Show --- Diamond Prevé, a private exhibition for customers--- Indian company, Dharmanandan Diamonds Pvt Ltd (DDPL), claims that for the last four decades it has continued to introduce technology for the Indian diamond industry.
Now, DDPL is poised to introduce another new technology, developed with the sole aim to upgrade retailers and revolutionize the way diamonds are purchased in the post-COVID-19 world.
The first-ever Virtual Trade Show will open the new horizons in virtual diamond trading by providing features similar to physical trade show buying experience; which includes Remote Product Inspection and One to One Interaction.
Commenting on the new technology, Vipul Sutariya, DDPL Director said: “In these unprecedented times, we keep thinking about our customers as this epidemic is already rewriting the future of business, and we are changing accordingly to keep providing the best of us. As the international travel is yet far recommended in most of the counties, the physical trade shows and business meetings are uncertain, we at DDPL worked in this direction to create a platform for the Virtual Trade Show for the customer.”

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