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Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future
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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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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
Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices
The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...
23 september 2024
Sibanye-Stillwater sees no quick results in wage talks with unions
These talks are due to start in a week and will take place against the background of rising inflation in South Africa, which reached a five-year high in May this year, rising by 6.5%.
Representatives from Implats' Rustenburg Lease and Sibanye-Stillwater's Marula, Marikana and Rustenburg mines will participate in the wage talks, the article published by miningmx.com said. The mines employ 65,000 full-time workers and 22,000 other contractors, according to the Minerals Council, and they account for about half of South Africa's total employment in the platinum group metals sector.
The publication also noted that the mines in the western Bushveld geologic area, where Sibanye-Stillwater and Implats operate, are deep and labour-intensive, showing much lower productivity compared to mines in the east and north strikes of the Bushveld Complex and, therefore, lower income per worker, making these mines more vulnerable to strikes due to low wages.