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

India's Titan to have 200 Mia stores by the end of fiscal year

28 august 2023

India's Tata Group's Titan will expand 'Mia by Tanishq' jewellery stores to around 200 across India by the end of the current financial year.

It currently has 125 stores, up from 40 about two years ago. On August 25, four Mia stores were inaugurated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Mia has been a sub-brand from Tanishq, which is targeting the modern and younger mindset, and everyday adornment, workwear, and gifting.

Mia is a young and fastest-growing segment in Titan. It is an important part of Titan’s jewellery portfolio catering to GenZ. Crafted in 18kt and 14kt gold, Mia’s diamond jewellery range has over 1,500 designs.

The jewellery industry has seen a huge recovery post-Covid and was one of those categories which in fact did pretty well because of the stored value in the jewellery, and lack of other options.

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