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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
Lucy Platforms announces New Diamond Price List
According to VP Sales & Marketing, Miquel Martinez, the all-new Diamond Price List (DPL™) is the most transparent, objective, reliable, and accurate polished diamond price guide to hit the market in decades. He also asserts that the DPL™, which openly publishes its methodology on the www.thediamondpricelist.com website, has been designed to enhance and make the pricing experience more efficient by using Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and data science algorithms, with practically no human intervention. Utilizing these technical advancements ensures an optimized price list that reflects the market most accurately and objectively.
Also, The Diamond Price List™ has been developed by an independent, dedicated team of scientists and mathematicians from Lucy Platforms. In conjunction with the Diamond Price List Website launch, a reference calculator mobile application, DPL™ Diamond Price Calculator, is being released and is available for download in the App Store and Google Play for all Apple and Android devices.
The DPL™ Calculator helps simplify and condense the steps a diamantaire must normally take to achieve a final price. In addition, DPL™ will introduce the first-ever, real-time global polished diamond demand and market insights report via its DPL™ Data Insights Platform.
Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough&Polished