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

Diamcor seeks to raise C$5 million through a market offering

04 october 2023

Diamcor Mining, which owns the Krone-Endora at Venetia Project in South Africa, plans to secure a term loan of up to C$5 million ($3.65 million).

The financing proceeds will be used for corporate purposes, expanding processing volumes, and progressing Krone-Endora's work programs.

The company will receive additional working capital to compensate for lengthy tendering and selling processes associated with rough diamonds.

The funding will include unsecured term loans with a 36-month duration and an annual interest rate of 10%.

Interest-only payments are expected at 12 and 24 months.

Principal and residual interest are due on the 36-month anniversary of the closing date for the term loans.

The company will issue one bonus share and one share purchase warrant for each CDN$1.00 ($0.73) of principal provided in the Financing.

Each share purchase warrant will enable the holder to buy one Class A voting common share for C$0.25 ($0.18) per share within 36 months.

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