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

Louis Vuitton taps Ana de Armas for high jewelry campaign

04 july 2023

Louis Vuitton has unveiled house ambassador Ana de Armas as the face of its latest high jewelry campaign, featuring its latest Deep Time collection.

For the campaign, the "Blonde" and "No Time to Die" actress is wearing a bustier with a sweetheart neckline but, most importantly, the Bones necklace, featuring an oval-cut Australian opal of more than 43 carats, a 20.93 carat pear-cut Paraiba tourmaline, nearly 100 carats of emerald-cut tanzanites - and white diamonds galore.

The piece took some 4,430 hours to make and is said to be the most complex of the French luxury house’s necklaces to date, yahoo.com wrote.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished