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

Diamcor extends closing of second tranche of revised private placement

21 june 2024

Diamcor Mining seeks to extend the closing of the second tranche of its non-brokered revised private placement.

The company said last month that the initial offering would be oversubscribed and was seeking additional time to accommodate and conclude the documentation and related required items for several additional interested investors.

It said the second and final tranche of the offering is now expected to close on or before June 27.

The first tranche consisted of 28,1 million units for C$0.05 (US 4 cents) per unit for proceeds of C$1.4 million ($1.02 million).

Proceeds from the offering will be used for the continued advancement of the company’s Krone-Endora at Venetia Project in South Africa, the work programmes currently underway, and the announced efforts surrounding drilling and bulk sampling on the greater portions of the project.

It will also be used to advance discussions on potential acquisitions of additional opportunities to increase long-term shareholder value and added growth and for general corporate purposes.

The company also plans to continue to advance ongoing discussions with financiers and industry-related parties on additional funding scenarios that may be beneficial in further supporting the above-noted objectives aimed at increasing long-term shareholder value and added growth.

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