Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever

The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...

02 september 2024

Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company

Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...

19 august 2024

WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges

Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...

12 august 2024

Lyudmila Vysotskaya: Amber is a mystical stone, a living substance

Lyudmila Vysotskaya is a Kaliningrad-based amber artist and designer, expert, chairwoman of the Amber Academy and member of the Creative Union of Artists in Decorative and Applied Arts. This summer, visitors could admire the art works by Lyudmila Vysotskaya...

30 july 2024

De Beers shines light on budding jewellery designers

Diamond giant De Beers will this year conduct its bi-annual Shining Light Awards jewellery design competition. De Beers beneficiation manager Kagiso Fredericks told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview they set aside 4.5 carats...

22 july 2024

SODIAM appoints The New Jeweller as an international advisor

01 june 2023
The Angolan national diamond trading company, SODIAM has appointed The New Jeweller as an advisor for investment promotion from diamond companies focused on expanding business in the country. 
The New Jeweller said in a statement that it will advise investors from the international diamond community on the benefits of investing to set up factories in the Saurimo Diamond Hub. 
The diamond hub has an area of more than 35,000 square meters with an infrastructure that comprises Banks, dormitories, professional and technical training institutes, a food court, a convention centre, a training institute for cutting and polishing, beneficiation factories, and plots of land for the implementation of more beneficiation factories.
SODIAM plans to build 19 new factories within the hub between 2023 and 2025, and to achieve this target, the mineral resources ministry recently introduced new incentives to promote local beneficiation.
‘’We have chosen to partner with The New Jeweller International Group to advice all our potential Diamond Industry colleagues on the advantages and benefits that they would derive by opening up factories in the Saurimo Diamond Hub,” said SODIAM’s Eugenio Bravo da Rosa.
“The New Jeweller International Group enjoys an excellent equity among the diamond sector and our first-phase interactions with the group through conferences, webinars and media activities have prompted us and ensured us that they would not only be our partner in growth but also an excellent and efficient response-oriented advisor to the Saurimo Diamond Hub.”

Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief of the African Bureau, Rough&Polished