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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
Police initiates criminal case against illegal miner in Yakutia, who recovered 289 diamonds
10 may 2022
In Yakutia, the police detained a worker of a mining and processing plant who illegally recovered 289 diamonds totally weighing 104 carats.
Russian Ambassador to Angola on ALROSA’s participation in the country’s diamond mining: “Our work there will go on as usual”
09 may 2022
Vladimir Tararov, Russian Ambassador to Angola said in a recent interview with RIA Novosti that despite the sanctions, ALROSA will continue to take part in mining diamonds in this country. “Our work there will go on as usual,” he said talking about the situation in the diamond mining industry in Angola.
Lucara Diamond nets $68.2 million in revenue in Q1 2022 demonstrating a strong start to the year
09 may 2022
Lucara Diamond netted $68.2 million in revenue in Q1 2022, up 28% from $53.1 million in Q1 2021, the miner said in a press release last week adding that this reflected strong rough and polished diamond market fundamentals.
The Royal Canadian Mint dazzles the market with new collection of Argyle pinks
09 may 2022
Last week, the Royal Canadian Mint launched the Opulence Collection featuring some of the world’s rarest pink diamonds from the famed Argyle mine. “These jewels are the crowning element of pure gold and platinum coins that truly redefine rare,” said the press statement issued jointly by the Mint and Rio Tinto.
De Beers Group rolls out TracrTM to provide provenance assurance for all its diamonds
06 may 2022
De Beers Group said in its press release on Thursday that Tracr™ is the world’s only distributed diamond blockchain that starts at the source and provides tamper-proof source assurance at scale, enabling Sightholders to provide an immutable record of a diamond’s provenance, and empowering jewellery retailers to have confidence in the origin of the diamonds they purchase.
Star Diamond reveals unusually high proportions of Type IIa diamonds at Orion North and Taurus Kimberlites in Canada
06 may 2022
A major study performed by Star Diamond into the abundance of Type IIa diamonds in the diamond parcels recovered at Orion North and Taurus Kimberlites located within the Fort à la Corne diamond district of central Saskatchewan, Canada confirmed unusually high proportions of such diamonds contained in the kimberlites.
Jaipur will host India’s first gem and jewellery show exclusively for international buyers
06 may 2022
India’s International Gem & Jewellery Show (IGJS) organized by GJEPC will fling its doors open on May 10 to 12, 2022 for more than 600 buyers coming from all over the world to the Exhibition and Convention Centre of Jaipur in the country’s nothern state of Rajasthan.
SA commission recommends criminal probe of diamond miner
05 may 2022
A commission investigating the so-called state capture in South Africa has recommended a criminal investigation into a suspicious tender awarded to Scarlet Sky Investments 60 (SSI) by the diamond mining company Alexkor in 2015.
Mountain Province Diamonds reports total proceeds of US$66.7 million in the first quarter of 2022
05 may 2022
Mountain Province Diamonds, which is a 49% participant with De Beers Canada in the Gahcho Kué diamond mine located in Canada's Northwest Territories, announced strong financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Petra rakes in $86.1mln from fifth tender cycle
05 may 2022
Petra Diamonds sold 635,806 carats of diamonds for $86.1 million at the fifth tender of the fiscal year 2022 from four of its mines in South Africa and Tanzania. It said the fifth tender cycle included one exceptional stone from the Cullinan mine, a 13.74ct blue stone.
