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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...
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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
585*GOLD": how the structure of demand changed in 2022 and what to expect in 2023
23 december 2022
The network "585 * GOLDEN" analyzed the behavior of buyers and the dynamics of demand during the year and identified a number of trends that are uncharacteristic of previous periods. The first key difference between 2022 and many previous years is that the share of gold in the structure of demand has begun to increase.
The world's most expensive iPhone 14 Pro Max
23 december 2022
The international company Caviar, engaged in jewelry design of Apple and Samsung gadgets, has created the world's most expensive iPhone 14 Pro Max worth 31,490,000 rubles.
Canada's Thunder Bay North Platinum Project Receives C$15 million in investments
22 december 2022
The investments come from Triple Flag Precious Metals Corporation, a Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) listed company specializing in intellectual property licensing royalties. As per miningweekly, Triple Flag Precious Metals has acquired the right to receive a net smelter returns (NSR) royalty on Clean Air Metals' Thunder Bay North project in Northern Ontario, Canada, effective December 15.
WPIC: Current platinum stocks and deficit forecast for 2023 to impact price discovery
22 december 2022
The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) predicts a marginal impact of platinum price in 2023 due to the nature and size of platinum stocks in China and the deficit forecast during the year 2023.
STPL wins felicitations for outstanding contributions
22 december 2022
STPL, the Surat-based leading diamond processing solutions company, has acquired two proud milestones not only in India but also in Europe, as per a press release from STPL.
Sokolov: The average ticket for jewelry in Russia goes up by 16%
22 december 2022
The average ticket for jewelry in Russia for the first nine months of 2022 increased by 16%, Artem Sokolov, managing partner of Sokolov jewelry holding, told RIA Novosti.
De Beers nets $410 million from its tenth sales cycle of 2022
21 december 2022
Anglo American plc, the parent company of De Beers, said the diamond miner provisionally netted $410 million at its tenth sales cycle of 2022 versus $454 million realized from the previous nineth sales cycle.
SUNLIGHT launches a lifetime warranty for "Diamonds of Yakutia"
21 december 2022
Jewelry chain No. 1 in Russia SUNLIGHT launched a service "Lifetime warranty" for jewelry SERGEY GRIBNYAKOV "Diamonds of Yakutia". Among the largest jewelry chains, only SUNLIGHT has such a unique offer.
Burkina Faso grants Nordgold license to develop new gold mine
21 december 2022
The government of Burkina Faso has decided to grant permission for the operation of a new gold mine to the Russian company Nordgold. A four-year license for the development of the Yimiougou deposit with an area of 31.44 square kilometers will allow achieving an estimated total production volume of 2.53 tons of gold.
Hedge fund AQR demands to force LME to hand over transcripts
21 december 2022
Hedge fund AQR Capital Management and four others asked a British judge to force the London Metal Exchange (LME) to hand over phone call transcripts and meeting notes about the LME's March decision to cancel trades.
