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

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club mulls diamond safari tours in southern Africa

DiaMondaine Diamantaires Club (DDC) is set to organise diamond safari tours in southern Africa, home to major diamond-producing countries. DDC founder Agnes Abdulahu told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa that the launch of the first diamond safari...

15 july 2024

Vladislav Zhdanov: Questions of efficiency and investment potential of diamond mining versus diamond growing pique keen interest

Vladislav Zhdanov is Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). He told Rough&Polished about new researches into the effectiveness of diamond production methods.

02 july 2024

Why it's expensive to cut and polish diamonds in Africa? ADMA president António Oliveira has the answer

The African Diamond Manufacturers Association (ADMA) president António Oliveira told Rough&Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that the lack of a robust infrastructure in Africa fails to accelerate and encourage manufacturing...

24 june 2024

Edahn Golan: IPO feasible but not Anglo’s preferred way to sell De Beers

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough&Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that while an IPO of De Beers is “feasible,"  he does not think this is a route Anglo American...

17 june 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