Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

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

ALROSA to Place 12 Series of Commercial Papers Worth RUB 60 Billion

15 october 2012

Supervisory Board of diamond mining company ALROSA took decision to arrange placement of unregistered interest-bearing unconvertible commercial bonds of 12 series – BО-01, BО-02, BО-03, BО-04, BО-05, BО-06, BО-07, BО-08, BО-09, BО-10, BО-11, BО-12 with obligatory centralized storage, Vedomosti newspaper reported citing the company’s statement.
Each issue of bonds offers placement of 5 million units with a nominal value of RUB 1,000 per unit, and the corresponding total nominal value of RUB 5 billion. The bonds are maturing in 1092 days from the date of placement.
The placement of papers to be effected by public subscription.
Supervisory Board approved decisions on issues of the above papers, prospectus for each of the issues as well as certified agreement of debenture issue between AK ALROSA and CJSC VTB Capital.
Supervisory Board also considered issues related to approval of loan agreement to be signed between ALROSA and VTB bank, and also definition of interest rates and inclusion of the issue of approval of the loan agreement to the agenda of general meeting of ALROSA’s shareholders.