Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future

Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...

28 october 2024

Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices

The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...

23 september 2024

Branko Deljanin to hold LGD identification workshops in India

30 september 2024

On October 3-9, Branko Deljanin, president of Canadian Gemmological Laboratory, a renowned researcher and diamond expert, will be conducting a series of lectures and workshops in Mumbai and Hyderabad on the testing and identification of loose and mounted synthetic diamonds, HPHT-grown and CVD-grown.

The DRCT (Surat) is supporting the workshops with two of their screening/identification instruments.

The main goals of workshops to be held in association with HRD and Basil labs: expanding the specialist skills needed for testing natural and synthetic diamonds and developing a participant’s ability to recognise the usefulness and limitations of testing methods with portable instruments on the market to get correct results.

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