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

GemsCouture- avant-garde by Victor Moiseikin

Jewelry items and precious souvenirs of the MOISEIKIN jewelry brand are in the museums and private collections of world celebrities, representatives of the political and cultural elite - from Xi Jinping to the British Windsors, from Angela Merkel to...

05 june 2024

Oksana Senatorova: The trend is a decrease in regional jewelry retailers and an increase in large federal store chains

Oksana Senatorova has long been known in the Russian jewelry community as an expert in the jewelry market. During her visit to the Junwex New Russian Style exhibition held in May in St. Petersburg, Oksana Senatorova answered the Rough&Polished correspondent’s...

28 may 2024

Gem Diamonds recovers the eighth large diamond at Letšeng

03 july 2024

Gem Diamonds has extracted a 123.20ct Type II white diamond at its 70%-owned Letšeng mine in Lesotho.

This is the eighth greater than 100-carat diamond recovered at the mine to date this year.

The other seven are a 172.06ct Type II white diamond extracted on June 2, a 212.49ct Type II white diamond recovered on May 28, a 118.74-ct Type II white diamond extracted on April 30, a 169.15-ct Type II white diamond unearthed on April 18, a 113-carat white Type II diamond recovered on February 17, a 139-carat low-quality boart diamond recovered on January 17, and a 295-carat white Type II diamond unearthed on January 8.

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