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

Tertiary raises £880k to Zambia, US exploration

28 august 2024

London-listed Tertiary Minerals has raised £880,000, before expenses, through a placing of 1,1 billion new ordinary shares for 0.08 pence per share to finance copper exploration activities at the company's projects in Zambia and the United States.

This, it said, would include drilling for copper at the company's Mushima North & Jacks projects in Zambia and drilling for copper and gold at Brunton Pass in Nevada.

These programmes are additional to the drilling already in progress at the Konkola West Copper Project, which is being funded by KoBold Metals, and the planned drilling on the company's Mukai Copper Project, which will be funded by First Quantum Minerals.

The Placing was arranged through the Company's joint broker, Peterhouse Capital, which will be issued with 55 million warrants to subscribe for further new ordinary shares at the Placing Price at any time before one year from the date of admission.

Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief, Rough&Polished