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

Anton Siluanov re-elected as Chairman of ALROSA Supervisory Board

28 june 2021
ALROSA Board members re-elected Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of Russia, as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board following the absentee vote on Thursday, June 24. Aysen Nikolaev, Head of the Republic of Yakutia, and Sergey Ivanov, ALROSA CEO, were re-elected as First Deputy Chairman and Deputy Chairman, respectively.
Supervisory Board members also elected members of the Board committees. Two of the three committees are all-independent committees.
Alexey Moiseev, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, remains the Chairman of the Strategу and Sustainability Committee. Other members of the Committee are Aysen Nikolaev, Sergey Ivanov, Maria Gordon (independent director), Evgenia Grigorieva (independent director), Igor Danilenko (independent director), Kirill Dmitriev, Andrey Donets, Vasily Efimov, Sergey Mestnikov, Alexey Noskov (independent director), Vladimir Rashevsky.
The Audit Committee is fully comprised of independent directors, as before. Maria Gordon heads the Audit Committee. Evgenia Grigorieva and Igor Danilenko have been appointed members of the Committee.
Membership of the all-independent HR & Remunerations Committee has not changed. Evgenia Grigorieva (independent director) chairs the Committee. Other members of the Committee are independent directors - Maria Gordon, Dmitry Konov, and Alexey Noskov.

Vladimir Malakhov, Rough&Polished