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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
ICMM, PRI & UNEP issue joint statement post the Jagersfontein tailings failure
The statement mentioned that all stakeholders, from companies to governments and investors, must urgently work to enhance the safety of tailings storage facilities across the globe. And further elaborated that the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), launched in 2020, strives to achieve the ultimate goal of zero harm to people and the environment. The Standard is a step-change in terms of transparency, accountability and safeguarding the rights of the people affected by mining projects.
As convenors of that Standard, ICMM, PRI & UNEP once again called on wider investors, companies, communities and governments to join them in advocating for the Standard’s implementation by mining companies, whether public or private, across all existing and new sites, in all jurisdictions.
Mentioning that anything less than every tailings facility on Earth being responsibly managed is just not good enough, the convenors urged every mining company to immediately embrace the Standard as a top priority. They said that some companies, including all ICMM members, have committed to implementing the GISTM or equivalent standards, but many of the operators have yet to commit to doing so.
Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough&Polished