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

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

Informa organises hybrid LGD Summit on Aug 16 on sidelines of Shenzhen trade show

02 august 2022
Informa Markets Jewellery is holding a hybrid Lab-Grown Diamond (LGD) Summit on August 16. The event will take place from 2 pm to 5 pm Hong Kong time on the sidelines of the Jewellery Seasons Shenzhen trade show at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center on August 16. It will also be broadcast live on Zoom for international audiences.
Conducted in English with Chinese subtitles, it will showcase the marketing, product and distribution strategies of leading jewellery brands and look at growth areas in the branded lab-grown diamond jewellery space.  
Top executives from leading lab-grown diamond jewellery brands will reveal how they are catering to next-generation consumers. Speakers are Zulu Ghevriya, co-founder and CEO of international LGD jewellery brand Smiling Rocks; Kidd Gao, vice president of sales, Asia Pacific of Signity; and Ren Liu, co-founder and brand partner of Light Mark, a leading lab-grown diamond producer and brand in mainland China.

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