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

Indian company Flawless Allure sold to a US company

14 august 2023

A letter of intent has been signed by US-based company Adamas, which creates gem-quality and industrial lab-grown diamonds using chemical vapour deposition (CVD), to buy Indian company 'Flawless Allure Grown Diamonds'.

Adamas will acquire 100% of Flawless, a cutting and polishing company including all patents, trademarks, know-how, trade secrets, supply lists and other material and intellectual property assets.

Adamas CEO Jay Grdina said: “This acquisition will solidify our position as a leader in the lab-grown diamond industry, based on our capabilities to vertically integrate, produce and market lab-grown diamonds. Our goal has been to complete our ecosystem and become as self-sufficient as possible."

Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough & Polished