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

Anglo American Platinum appoints two non-executive directors

06 june 2023
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has appointed Themba Mkhwanazi and Matt Daley as non-executive directors of the company with effect from 1 June 2023.
Mkhwanazi has over 18 years of experience in the resources industry, including in South Africa, as well as in the United States and Australia.
Amplats said the appointment of Daley strengthens the technical skill set on the board as he is a mining engineer with more than two decades of underground, open-cut, smelting, refining, project, and commodity trading experience. 
“As group director-technical for Anglo American, [he] leads the safety, discovery, and geosciences disciplines, mining, processing, business improvement, asset strategy and reliability, information management, and supply chain disciplines,” it said. 
Amplats said Anik Michaud and Duncan Wanblad stepped down as non-executive directors with effect from 1 June 2023.

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