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

ALROSA and Anabar Diamonds sign a social partnership agreement with the Oleneksky district

14 march 2024

Representatives of the Russian diamond mining companies ALROSA and Anabar Diamonds met with residents of the Oleneksky Evenki national district of the Yakutia Rupublic to sign an Agreement on socio-economic cooperation.

In accordance with the agreement, the Oleneksky district will receive dividends from diamond enterprises in the amount of over 100 million rubles for socio-economic development. The agreement with ALROSA was signed for 2024-2026, and with Anabar Diamonds - for 2024.

The meeting was attended by Pavel Marinychev, General Director and Chairman of the Board of ALROSA, and Alexey Okorokov, General Director of the Almazy Anabara Joint Stock Company.

Under a new agreement, the two companies will provide annual financial contributions to the district's budget for socio-economic development. In addition, the long-term practice of training and subsequent employment of the local population in the production departments of the companies will continue.

Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished