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

Solovyevsky Placer produced over 2.2 tons of gold in the Amur region in 2023

22 september 2023

As of September 1, 2023, JSC Solovyevsky Placer, a gold mining enterprise, extracted 2,224 kg of precious metal from deposits in the Amur region, which corresponds to the result for the same period of 2022.

In total, Solovyevsky Placer plans to extract 4.37 tons of gold at its licensed concessions in the Amur Region and the Trans-Baikal Territory in 2023.

JSC Solovyevsky Placer is the largest gold mining enterprise for the extraction of placer precious metals in the Amur region. The company also conducts year-round production at two mines - Solovyevsky in the Amur Region and Archikoy in the Trans-Baikal Territory.

In 2022, the company produced 5,26 tons of gold. Revenue from the sale of precious metals in 2022 amounted to 17.3 billion rubles, the business portal nedradv.ru reports.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished