Nosiphiwo Mzamo: South Africa’s State Diamond Trader to buy diamonds from other African countries

South Africa’s State Diamond Trader (SDT) is set to buy diamonds from other African countries starting with Botswana. SDT’s chief executive Nosiphiwo Mzamo told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa at the country’s inaugural diamond show, which...

10 february 2025

Edahn Golan: Halo effect from lab-grown diamonds driving high demand for large, 2-carat natural stones in the U.S.

Edahn Golan, owner of the eponymous Edahn Golan Diamond Research and Data, told Rough & Polished's Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that their research found a halo effect from lab-grown diamonds. He said the trend among lab-grown diamond...

27 january 2025

Paul Zimnisky: We will see a modest recovery in natural diamond demand and prices in 2025

According to Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant based in the New York metro area, the natural diamond industry will see a modest recovery in demand and prices this year. Zimnisky said a moderate recovery would...

13 january 2025

African Diamond Council makes traceability its top priority, wants KP to embrace Authentia.io

The African Diamond Council (ADC) has made traceability its foremost priority and has been contributing to a traceability solution called Authentia.io for the last three and a half years, which is now ready to globally satisfy the traceability...

16 december 2024

Gaetano Cavalieri: CIBJO leading the jewelry industry on critical issues

One of the gem and jewellery industry’s most well-known and respected personalities, Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri, has been the president of the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), for the past 23 years. CIBJO is the oldest international organisation...

09 december 2024

Roxgold opens Côte d'Ivoire gold mine

20 september 2023

Roxgold has opened a gold mine in Côte d'Ivoire's northwestern region with an annual production target of 130,000 ounces of gold.

The Canadian firm has spent about 78 billion CFA francs ($127 million) to construct the Seguela gold mine, which is located 500 kilometres north of Abidjan.

"We have more than 10 years of mining production ahead of us at Seguela and our ambition is to continue exploring and developing here," Roxgold chief executive Jorge Ganoza was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Côte d'Ivoire, the leading cocoa producer in the world, is working to revitalise the West African country’s mining industry.

Mining minister Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly said the country's annual gold output will increase to 50 tonnes from 48 tonnes in 2022.

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