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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
JUNWEX holds its 20th jewelry exhibition in Moscow making it a jubilee event
The 20th JUNWEX show is displaying goods from jewelry makers all over Russia, who came to present their updated collections. Among them are such jewelry companies as TD Estet, Lukas, Krastsvetmet, Zhemchuzhnoye Podvorye, Alkor, Krasnaya Presnya, L Silver, Alfa Carat, Sanis, Talant, Karatov, Kostroma Jewelry Factory, Master Brilliant, Diamonds of Kostroma, Krasnoselsky Yuvelirprom, Chamovskikh JH, Maxim Demidov, Ringo, Vladimir Pichugov and many others.
One of the integral components of the ongoing program is the annual All-Russia competition, “Days of the Leaders of the Russian Jewelry Market”.
Vladimir Malakhov, Rough&Polished