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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...
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
DMCC’S ‘Future of Trade” report: A new multilateralism is coming
08 july 2022
Global trade, which hit a record high of USD 28.5 trillion in 2021, is expected to grow steadily in 2022 and the coming years as a new era of multilateralism – underpinned by regionalisation, trade in services, innovation and sustainable trade – counters the impact of the slowing global economy, according to DMCC’s latest Future of Trade 2022 report titled ‘A New Era of Multilateralism’.
Vicenzaoro renews the passion for vintage watches and jewellery
08 july 2022
VO Vintage, Italian Exhibition Group's fine vintage watch and jewellery lounge, will be back in Vicenza with numerous new features.
China’s National Gemstone Testing Center (NGTC) and Sarine Launch Diamond Light Performance Grading Service in Mainland China
07 july 2022
Sarine Technologies Ltd announced that Sarine and NGTC have launched co-branded light performance grading reports and services in Mainland China.
China's 1H 2022 Diamond Import Decline Under Covid-19
07 july 2022
Since March 2022, both the polished diamond import and diamond retail market have taken a toll from a new wave of Covid-19 pandemic in China, as the local administrations nationwide have strengthened preventive and control measures.
Gembridge launches multiple uploading of gemstone and jewellery listings
07 july 2022
Coloured gemstone and jewellery marketplace Gembridge is launching a unique feature that will allow trade members to upload up to 10,000 listings at a time, automating at scale the digitization of coloured gemstones for sale.
Billionaire Oppenheimer wins ban on mining at Zimbabwe farm
06 july 2022
Billionaire Nicky Oppenheimer, South Africa’s second-richest man, won a court order to temporarily halt mineral exploration on his private family ranch in Zimbabwe.
Rapaport reports a decline in diamond prices and blames economy
06 july 2022
Despite the optimism generated in the diamond industry by the Las Vegas trade shows, “polished prices declined amid a weak global economic outlook and a rise in inventory levels,” as RapNet Index (RAPI™) for 1 carat diamonds went down by 1.8%, Rapaport said in a press release yesterday.
Hong Kong sales of jewellery, watches and clocks in May went up 7.1% in value
06 july 2022
The Monthly Survey of Retail Sales (MRS) of the Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said the value of total retail sales in May 2022, provisionally estimated at $29.1 billion, decreased by 1.7% compared with the same month in 2021.
The RSPP Council on Non-Financial Reporting begins work in new format
05 july 2022
The first meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Council on Non-Financial Reporting, ESG Indices and Sustainable Development Ratings chaired by Andrey Bugrov was held on June 30, 2022 at the RSPP premises, according to a report published on the RSPP website. Members of the Council and invited experts took part in the meeting.
Blue Rock Diamonds achieves better results in 2021 over previous year despite challenges
05 july 2022
Blue Rock Diamonds, the AIM listed diamond producer, which owns and operates the Kareevlei Diamond Mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa, announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2021 saying that the achieved results are significantly better than in 2020 despite major challenges including shutdowns due to DMR, Covid-19 and extreme weather.
