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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
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
VSMPO-Avisma came under US sanctions
29 september 2023
The Russian titanium producer is included in the Entity List, which is a milder version of economic restrictions than the SDN List, Interfax reports.
GJS Show to take place from Sept 30 to Oct 3, at Jio Convention Centre, Mumbai
29 september 2023
All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council's 'India Gems and Jewellery Show' is scheduled ahead of the wedding and festive season.
585*GOLDЕN compiled a map of gold jewelry demand in Russia
29 september 2023
The analytical center of the 585*GOLDЕN retailer conducted a federal study of sales of gold products for the period from January to July 2023, mapping the demand for gold jewelry in Russia.
Largest copper deposit in Russia begins production
28 september 2023
The mining and metallurgical plant was commissioned at the Udokan copper deposit, the largest of its kind in Russia. It was discovered in 1949.
China’s net gold imports up 51.4 % in August month-on-month
28 september 2023
China's net gold imports stood at 39.023 metric tons in August, up 51.4 per cent from the previous month, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department data showed. That was still below the 68.227 tons reported a year earlier.
KoBold Metals plans to construct a copper mine in Zambia within a decade
28 september 2023
KoBold Metals, backed by billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is planning to open a new copper-cobalt mine in Zambia within the next decade.
Lithium shortage is predicted on the world market
28 september 2023
Today, supply exceeds demand in the lithium market, but the situation will change in the coming years.
The IJA International Jewelry Conference took place in Moscow on September 25
28 september 2023
The international jewelry conference of the IJA Academy was held in Moscow at the "Start Hub on Red October" site on September 25. The event was attended by 279 top officials in the jewelry industry.
India's top diamond trade bodies appeal to cease import of natural rough for two months
27 september 2023
An appeal to voluntarily cease import of natural rough diamonds from October 15 to December 15 has been made by the top five organisations representing the diamond trade in India.
India's c&p diamond exports dips 27.61%, rough diamond imports decline 3.28% in August
27 september 2023
The following is India's overall gross export and import statistics of c&p diamonds and rough diamonds according to the provisional statistics provided by the Gem & Jewellery Council of India for the period of APR 2023 – AUG 2023.
