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

Galileo discovers three copper targets in Botswana

01 february 2024

Galileo Resources has discovered three copper targets on its licence PL253/2018 in the Kalahari Copper Belt in Botswana following a geochemical survey.

It said the copper targets are located both along structures proven to host copper mineralisation and near copper mineralisation on neighbouring licences.

“This is indeed a commendation reflecting the company's efforts and the quality of its Copper Belt licences,” said Galileo chief executive Colin Bird.

"Importantly, current published information quite clearly shows our new targets to be contiguous with known targets and mineralisation on these highly prospective licences.”

Meanwhile, the company said a fourth possible target area was identified based on the close correlation with existing neighbouring projects.

The target is north of the recent discoveries and along the strike of Cobre's Tlou target.

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