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

Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

ALROSA's Supervisory Board elected Pavel Marinychev as the company's CEO

17 may 2023
At an in-person meeting, ALROSA’s Supervisory Board elected Pavel Marinychev to the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company for a period of three years. The decision was taken unanimously.
Pavel Marinychev replaced Sergey Ivanov, who has headed the company since 2017, in this position.
“I would like to thank the Supervisory Board of ALROSA for their trust. As CEO, I will continue to build on the company's leadership position in the global diamond industry. Our strategic priorities remain unchanged. Despite the difficult geopolitical conditions, we will strengthen the resource base, improve production efficiency and management quality. Special attention, as before, must be paid to the development of ALROSA's personnel reserve, as well as to issues of industrial and environmental safety. We will definitely support social and environmental initiatives in the regions where we operate,” said Pavel Marinychev.

Vladimir Malakhov, Rough&Polished