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

Sienna acquires gold, lithium projects in Canada

24 june 2024

Canada-based Sienna Resources, focused on exploring for and developing high-grade deposits, has announced the acquisition of two licenses - the Stonesthrow gold project in Saskatchewan and Case Lake West cesium and spodumene pegmatite project in Ontario.

The first new project consists of approximately 13,300 contiguous acres prospective for gold and directly borders Ramp Metals Inc’s licenses where it has discovered multiple zones of gold mineralization, including grades of up to 73.55 g/t.

Sienna‘s management is cautiously optimistic about the new acquisition but has announced no specific timelines for its further development.

Meanwhile in May, the company announced the acquisition of the new Case Lake West cesium and spodumene pegmatite project in Ontario which consists of approximately 2,200 contiguous acres of prospective areas and borders Power Metals Corp’s Case Lake cesium and pegmatite swarm discovery. These results achieved by Power Metals has also prompted an optimistic message by Sienna’s management.

“Sienna’s management is encouraged by these important results achieved directly bordering our property. Ontario is one of the most well-known mining regions in the world, and we are very pleased to have a large footprint in the heart of it,” said Sienna’s president Jason Gigliotti.

“Sienna has been building a strong portfolio of Canada focused assets in 2024 primarily in uranium and now for cesium and lithium.   Sienna management plans to continue and build on this trend in the future.”

Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief, Rough&Polished