Sarine’s David Block: Diamond Industry at Standstill Until Chinese Demand Returns

David Block is CEO of Israel’s Sarine Technologies and has served in the position since 2012. In this exclusive interview for Rough and Polished, Block gives his opinion on the leading issues affecting today’s diamond trade.

11 september 2024

Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever

The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...

02 september 2024

Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company

Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...

19 august 2024

WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges

Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...

12 august 2024

Lyudmila Vysotskaya: Amber is a mystical stone, a living substance

Lyudmila Vysotskaya is a Kaliningrad-based amber artist and designer, expert, chairwoman of the Amber Academy and member of the Creative Union of Artists in Decorative and Applied Arts. This summer, visitors could admire the art works by Lyudmila Vysotskaya...

30 july 2024

Dmitry Lazarev became the CEO of 585*GOLDEN

03 june 2024
Dmitry Lazarev has been appointed General Director of the 585* GOLDEN jewelry chain.
Previously, he held senior positions at Sunlight, M.Video-Eldorado and Sotmarket.

The 585* GOLDEN company highly appreciated Lazarev's experience in finding and creating new mechanics and services to attract and retain customers in offline and online sales channels.
585* GOLDEN is the leader in the number of retail outlets in the Russian Federation, represented by almost one thousand stores in 420 cities and 80 regions of the country.

In addition to the potential in retail, the company has an online customer base of more than 21 million people, an online store with a wide range of jewelry, a mobile application and other opportunities for multiple online growth.
One of the important vectors of its development, 585* GOLDEN declares an omnichannel approach to sales, which dictates the change in the composition of top management.

Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau Rough&Polished