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

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

Webinar: LGDs journey from ‘Factory to Market’

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Image credit: US Diamond Technologies

On 10 Feb 2021, producers and cutters of CVD diamonds opened the door of their factories and revealed the process of CVD diamonds production; and also the whole process of cutting and polishing CVD roughs to final polished goods… and eventually to the market.
Ashit Gandhi, CEO, CTO of US Diamond Technologies that engages in Diamond Irradiation, HPHT Processing and related technologies, walked us through the LGD production process; and introduced the company’s recently developed CVD reactor that is user friendly for growing single Crystal Diamond. 
Shashikant D Shah, founder of Dm Gems Group, and Chairman for the ’Lab-Grown Diamond & Jewelry Promotion Council’ and Darshan Shashikant Shah, Business Development Manager of Dm Gems Group & Director/ Convener for the ‘Lab Grown Diamond & Jewelry Promotion Council’, who is currently involved in spreading awareness of LGDs, talked us through the cutting & polishing process by taking us on a tour of the DM Gems factory. Shreyance Shah, Founder /President of Flawless Allure Grown Diamonds (FAGD), who is one of the pioneers of LGD business in India, having started the company in 2007 offered many insights into the production and trading of LGDs.

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